Amoy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-moy
Amoy is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Amoy come from?
Uncertain; used in Jamaica and among the Amis people of Taiwan
Is Amoy a girl's or a boy's name?
Amoy is a girls' name.
How popular is Amoy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Amoy in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amoy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Amoy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anna, Lucy, Daisy, Cora, Ada, Nora, Sadie, Josie, Lola, Eva, Clara, Emma
Names related to Amoy
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, “Amoy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amoy, updated 20 October 2026.