# Amayah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amayah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,653 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,373, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 206 | 1,175 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,137 |
| 2013 | 197 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 210 | 1,171 |
| 2015 | 251 | 1,049 |
| 2016 | 275 | 975 |
| 2017 | 320 | 851 |
| 2018 | 332 | 816 |
| 2019 | 360 | 771 |
| 2020 | 278 | 929 |
| 2021 | 248 | 1,024 |
| 2022 | 419 | 704 |
| 2023 | 378 | 743 |
| 2024 | 402 | 700 |
| 2025 | 323 | 841 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 40 | 925 |
| 2014 | 40 | 920 |
| 2015 | 66 | 625 |
| 2016 | 53 | 744 |
| 2017 | 91 | 480 |
| 2018 | 85 | 503 |
| 2019 | 130 | 343 |
| 2020 | 117 | 376 |
| 2021 | 131 | 355 |
| 2022 | 139 | 316 |
| 2023 | 142 | 306 |
| 2024 | 131 | 328 |
| 2025 | 115 | 371 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.