Amaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MY-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Amaiyah is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Amaiyah come from?
Spanish: spelling of Amaya
Is Amaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Amaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Amaiyah, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 girls in the UK were given Amaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Amaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Amaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Amaiyah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,931st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer girls named Amaiyah than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Amaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,411 girls in the US were given Amaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Amaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Amaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Safa, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Zainab, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Aafiyah, Aaminah, Hafsa, Amira
Other spellings of Amaiyah
Amaya, Amayah, Amiyah, Amaia, Amaiya, Amiah, Amaiah, Amaaya, Amyah, Amyiah, Aamiyah
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Amaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.