Girl’s name · American English, Hebrew

Amaiah

How to say it: uh-MY-uh · /əˈmaɪə/

Modern American respelling of Amaya/Amiah - invented spelling with Hebrew echoes.

Amaiah was the 119th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 65 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up about 33% in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #131 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#119for girls in 2025
1 in 1,232US babies
65born in 2025
#131projected for 2030
2020sits peak decade
1 in 52chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Amaiah
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#119
Babies born in 202565
Share of births1 in 1,232
Peak decade2020s
Change over 10 years+33%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#131
In France, 2025#126 among girls’ names, 0 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Amaiah is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 33 per million births, 2020s.

What goes with it

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Amaiah is about 1 in 52.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, Hebrew.

In France: #126 for girls in 2025.

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