Amaiyah
Feminine
Amaiyah belongs to the American -iyah family, and it stands near two real names — the Basque Amaia and the Arabic Amaya.
How old is the name Amaiyah?
Amaiyah first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Amaiyah is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Amaiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amaiyah most popular?
Amaiyah peaked in 2013, reaching #2626 nationally. Today it ranks #4067, 1,441 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Amaiyah
Ours, offered as ours. Amaia is a genuinely interesting neighbor: it comes from a Basque historical novel of 1879 about the end of the Basque independence, and the word means an end or completion. It became one of the most-used Basque women's names on the strength of that book. Amaiyah in American records almost certainly comes from the -iyah workshop instead, and the Basque novel is worth naming without being claimed.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Basque Amaia means an end or a conclusion and comes from a nineteenth-century novel. Japanese Amaya is a night rain. The Ama- opening and -iyah ending of American naming are the likelier source.
Pronouncing Amaiyah
uh-MY-ah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Amaiyah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 201367 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2626reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −23.9%35 in 2025, from 46
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.
Amaiyah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amaia in Basque — related form
- Amaya in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Florida, Texas.
Amaiyahs among us
people named Amaiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 45,922 born in 2025 was named Amaiyah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amaiyah
- #4067
- Amaiyah on the 2025 chart
- #105
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amaiyah went to 35 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 — 3,962 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 45,922 for Amaiyah 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Miguel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amaiyah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Miguel climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Miguel's path sketches the road Amaiyah is walking now.
Amaiyah 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 Amaiyah is headed
Amaiyah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Amaiyah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amaiyah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Maya is a complete short form and a very familiar name in its own right.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Amaiyah, Amaya and Amaia are all in use and none is dominant.
- Seven letters is a fair amount for early handwriting.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amaiyahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Amaiyah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amaiyah?
- Amaiyah is one of 6 recorded spellings. Amaya is the more common one — 1,723 births in 2025 against 35 for Amaiyah.
- How popular is the name Amaiyah in 2025?
- Amaiyah ranks #4067 among US girl names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amaiyah?
- About 1 in every 45,922 US girls born in 2025 was named Amaiyah — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amaiyah with classmates?
- Amaiyah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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