Amayia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Amayia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Amayia come from?
Modern: spelling of Amayiah, itself a variant of Amaya with the -iyah ending
Meaning borrowed from Amayiah.
Is Amayia a girl's or a boy's name?
Amayia is a girls' name.
How popular is Amayia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Amayia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amayia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Names like Amayia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Aziyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Aliya Zaniya Amira Alaiyah Safa Zaliyah Kamiyah
Names related to Amayia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Amayia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amayia, updated 20 October 2026.