Baby Name Popularity Profile

Amayah

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Amayah.

✦ Night rain or God's people 🌍 Japanese, Hebrew Nature Spiritual
National Rank (2025) #841
All-Time Peak Rank #700 Achieved 2024
Total U.S. Births 5,653 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 0.0% Boy / 100.0% Girl Female Archetype
First Recorded 1998 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 419 births in 2022
πŸ’‘ The Amayah Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Night rain or God's people
Language Origin Japanese, Hebrew
Origin Type multiple
Modern English variant of Amaya, a name with independent origins in Japanese (meaning 'night rain') and Hebrew (meaning 'God's people').
Common Nicknames
May
Alternative Spellings
Amaya
Pronunciation: Ah-MY-ah
Themes & Categories
Etymology confidence: Medium Β· Under review

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Amayah across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +16.2%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +28.7%
2015: 251 births 251 2016: 275 births 2017: 320 births 2018: 332 births 2019: 360 births 2020: 278 births 278 2021: 248 births 2022: 419 births 2023: 378 births 2024: 402 births 2025: 323 births 323
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 419 births in 2022
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 28 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 0
1980s: 0
1990s: 30
2000s: 1,026
2010s: 2,549
2020s: 2,048

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables A-m-ayh
Letter Count 6 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 25.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 25.7% of SSA names. Starts with A, a letter used by only 10.8% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Florida
Top States Florida, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas
States with Data 34
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Florida #489 520 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #635 169 2020 Insufficient historical volume
California #756 792 2019 Stable
New Mexico Unranked 39 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #842 524 2024 Stable
Massachusetts #417 149 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #1544 166 2024 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #722 163 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #683 95 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 19 2017 Insufficient historical volume
New York #658 429 2023 10.7% Decline
Colorado #800 50 2024 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #1287 115 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #1190 91 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #805 172 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #1023 183 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland Unranked 51 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #825 79 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #819 173 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #968 90 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 26 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 26 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 5 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #800 27 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee Unranked 26 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 11 2024 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 15 2016 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #939 17 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #600 13 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 5 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #522 5 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma Unranked 5 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky Unranked 6 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 5 2008 Insufficient historical volume

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