Amya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 224 babies a year in the US.
How Amya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #900 |
| 2016 | #937 |
Amya by the numbers
Amya was given to 224 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 717 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Amya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Amybeloved1,724 in the US (2017)
- Anyagrace; a russian form of anna155 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameyaboundless or infinite18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Asyaresurrection; a form of Anastasia21 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Amya
Names that are said the same way as Amya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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