Amayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MY-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #396 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #841 for girls
Amayah is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 396th for girls in the UK (118 babies) and 841st for girls in the US (323 babies).
Where does Amayah come from?
Spanish: spelling of Amaya
More on Wiktionary.
Is Amayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Amayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 girls in the UK and 323 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #396among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were named Amayah, making it the 396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 405th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 145 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amayah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Amayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 696 girls in the UK were given Amayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #396 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 371st in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Amayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #396 |
| 2024 | 135 | #361 |
| 2023 | 145 | #335 |
| 2022 | 145 | #336 |
| 2021 | 138 | #369 |
| 2020 | 119 | #405 |
| 2019 | 132 | #367 |
| 2018 | 87 | #537 |
| 2017 | 94 | #508 |
| 2016 | 59 | #746 |
| 2015 | 66 | #670 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Amayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #841among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 323about 1 in 5,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 323 girls in the US were named Amayah, making it the 841st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 929th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 419 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Amayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,411 girls in the US were given Amayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #87, up from #841 for this spelling alone.
Amayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 323 | #841 |
| 2024 | 402 | #700 |
| 2023 | 378 | #743 |
| 2022 | 419 | #704 |
| 2021 | 248 | #1,024 |
| 2020 | 278 | #929 |
| 2019 | 360 | #771 |
| 2018 | 332 | #816 |
| 2017 | 320 | #851 |
| 2016 | 275 | #975 |
| 2015 | 251 | #1,049 |
| 2014 | 210 | #1,171 |
| 2013 | 197 | #1,220 |
| 2012 | 216 | #1,136 |
| 2011 | 206 | #1,175 |
| 2010 | 182 | #1,296 |
| 2009 | 183 | #1,317 |
| 2008 | 175 | #1,374 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,635 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,761 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,908 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Amayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Abeeha Sumayyah Zainab Ruqayyah Amira Hafsa Aaminah Hiba
Other spellings of Amayah
Amaya Amiyah Amaia Amaiyah Amaiya Amiah Amaiah Amaaya Amyah Amyiah Aamiyah
Names related to Amayah
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, “Amayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amayah, updated 20 October 2026.