How popular is the name Amya?

Amya ranks 1,187th among girls' names in US records, with 13,471 births since 1995. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,804.

Is Amya a unisex name?

No. Amya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2004, when 877 children were given the name. It has been in use for 30 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Amyah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,187 of girl names

Pronounced AE1 M Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Amya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1995. It has been given to 13,471 children — the 1,187th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 61% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2004, when 877 children were given it.

Amyah is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Amya and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Amya?: Amya ranks 1,187th among girls' names in US records, with 13,471 births since 1995. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,804.
Is Amya a unisex name?: No. Amya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Amya most popular?: 2004, when 877 children were given the name. It has been in use for 30 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Amya spelled?: Amyah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.