Amilyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-MIL-yah
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Amilyah is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Amilyah mean?
Germanic: spelling of Amilya, itself a variant of Amelia, from the element amal
“work”
Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Meaning borrowed from Amilya.
Is Amilyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Amilyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amilyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Amilyah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Amilyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amilyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Nicknames for Amilyah
Names like Amilyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Aziyah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Alaiyah, Naziyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Kamiyah, Nusaybah, Safa
Names related to Amilyah
Amilia, Amila, Amyla, Ameliah, Amilah, Amylah, Ameila, Amillia
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Amilyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amilyah, updated 20 October 2026.