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Amaiah

Feminine

2000high 2025
#2645 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare65 girls in 2025

Amaiah joins an Ama- front to the -iah ending, and that ending descends from the Hebrew divine name.

How old is the name Amaiah?

Amaiah first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Amaiah is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Amaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Amaiah most popular?

Amaiah peaked in 2025, reaching #2645 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Amaiah

Our story of Amaiah is a story of a suffix that lost its grammar. The -iah of Isaiah, Josiah and Amariah is God's name, and every biblical name ending in it makes a claim about him. American naming detached the sound in the 1990s and attached it freely — Amaiah, Zariah, Aniyah, Jaziah. The ending's origin is real; this compound's is not documented, and both facts belong together.

Meaningscholars disagree

Not established

The -iah ending descends from the Hebrew Yah, the divine name, through the biblical names in -iah, and functions here as a sound. The Ama- front is not documented. A biblical Amariah, 'the Lord has said', sits nearby. Neither is established for this spelling.

How the name formed

  1. Yah
  2. Amaiah

Related forms: Amaya · Amariah

Pronouncing Amaiah

uh-MY-uh

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Amaiah and Amaya are said identically.

Nicknames for Amaiah

Moderate

AmaThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in Akan
MaiaTaken from the middle, and a name of its own with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2000–2025653306520002025

US babies named Amaiah per year from 2000 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26452000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2000
Most girls named
202565 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2645reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+32.7%65 in 2025, from 49
Amaiah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 65 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Amaiah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Amaya in English — related form
  • Amariah in Hebrew — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.

Amaiahs among us

900

people named Amaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Amaiah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Amaiah

#2645
Amaiah on the 2025 chart
#105
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amaiah went to 65 girls in 2025, but Amaya, Amaia and Amayah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 8 spellings went to 2,743, which makes it the 105th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,540 places above the chart.

and 2 rarer spellings.

About 1 girl in 586 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,727 for Amaiah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Desha test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amaiah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Desha climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Desha's path sketches the road Amaiah is walking now.

40%chance Amaiah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Amaiah, aligned on its peakDesha· peak 1969not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+50 yrsDesha · #11969Amaiah today
Amaiah today is about where Desha stood in 1969 — in its own peak year. By 1984, Desha had settled around #4755.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Amaiah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Amaiah is headed

20002030

US babies named Amaiah per year, 2000 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Amaiah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady0% by 2030projected around #2,775 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Amaiah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Amaiah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Amaiahthis name65#2645Caliana65#2645Esra65#2645Wylie65#2645Henrietta65#2645

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Ama and Maia are two short forms, both real names elsewhere.
  • The -iah ending carries a genuine Hebrew element.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Only the ending has a documented origin.
  • Amaya and Amaiah are said identically.
  • It will need spelling out every time.

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Frequently asked

How many Amaiahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Amaiah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Amaiah?
Amaiah is one of 6 recorded spellings. Amaya is the more common one — 1,723 births in 2025 against 65 for Amaiah.
How popular is the name Amaiah in 2025?
Amaiah ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Amaiah?
About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Amaiah — 65 in all.
Will my child share the name Amaiah with classmates?
Amaiah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Amaiah

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Caliana#2645 · Esra#2645 · Wylie#2645 · Henrietta#2645 · Mahogany#2645 · Aaira#2645 · Charlize#2645 · Journii#2645

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