# Amiya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amiya/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my mother is jah” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,672 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,672 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 507, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Amiyah, from Hebrew אמאיה (āmíjah, literally “My mother is Jah”).

## 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 | 424 | 668 |
| 2012 | 440 | 644 |
| 2013 | 443 | 635 |
| 2014 | 397 | 709 |
| 2015 | 405 | 703 |
| 2016 | 389 | 731 |
| 2017 | 382 | 741 |
| 2018 | 340 | 801 |
| 2019 | 317 | 848 |
| 2020 | 243 | 1,032 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,170 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,239 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,154 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,414 |
| 2025 | 111 | 1,809 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 43 | 854 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## 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.