Amias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-mee-as
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #642 for boys
Amias is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 642nd for boys in the US (435 babies).
What does Amias mean?
English: possibly from Latin amatus, 'loved', or a surname meaning 'from Amiens'
Sir Amias Paulet was the Elizabethan jailer of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Is Amias a girl's or a boy's name?
Amias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 435 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Amias, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amias in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Amias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Amias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #642among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 435about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 435 boys in the US were named Amias, making it the 642nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Amias of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Amias in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 435 | #642 |
| 2024 | 390 | #694 |
| 2023 | 396 | #682 |
| 2022 | 309 | #808 |
| 2021 | 330 | #759 |
| 2020 | 363 | #700 |
| 2019 | 274 | #824 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,478 |
| 2017 | 89 | #1,735 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,467 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Amias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Amias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amias, updated 20 October 2026.