# Amya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amya/  
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 | 10,312 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,312 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 61, 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 | 446 | 639 |
| 2012 | 432 | 658 |
| 2013 | 441 | 638 |
| 2014 | 335 | 826 |
| 2015 | 307 | 897 |
| 2016 | 293 | 935 |
| 2017 | 225 | 1,120 |
| 2018 | 218 | 1,123 |
| 2019 | 195 | 1,198 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,374 |
| 2021 | 120 | 1,721 |
| 2022 | 124 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 120 | 1,710 |
| 2024 | 100 | 1,966 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,051 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## 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.