Recorded 1995–2025 · United States
Amya was most popular in 2004, when 717 American babies were given the name — ranking #805 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,745, with 92 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,312 people named Amya.
Amya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1995, which makes it about 30 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 31 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 10,312 American births named Amya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 10,224 are estimated to be alive today.
92 American babies were named Amya in 2025, ranking #3,745 that year.
Amya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 111 births a year, against 392 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -72% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Amya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 10,312 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 10,224 Americans named Amya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 13 and 22. That is a narrow band: Amya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org