girl's name

Amia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 6,420

Amia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 127 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2014, when 397 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 26,106 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1965.

Amia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,732
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Amia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 15
1970s 65
1980s 143
1990s 377
2000s 1,693
2010s 2,732
2020s (to 2025) 1,055

How popular is Amia?

In 2025, Amia was given to 127 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Amia is used

Ireland #1,006 3 in 2008
United States #1,636 127 in 2025
Canada #2,138 10 in 2023
England & Wales #4,012 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Amia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Amia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Amia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Amia

How popular is the name Amia?

In 2025, Amia was given to 127 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Amia a girl's or a boy's name?

Amia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Amia most popular?

Amia peaked in 2014, when 397 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Amia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Amia currently ranks #1,636 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.