Emyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-yuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Emyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Emyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Emya; elaboration of Emma, or a variant of Amiya
Meaning borrowed from Emya.
Is Emyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Emyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Emyah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Emyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Nicknames for Emyah
- Em
Names like Emyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Zayla, Aziyah, Safa, Hadassah, Zariah, Zainab
Names related to Emyah
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, “Emyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emyah, updated 20 October 2026.