Amya is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Amya means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Amya across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Amya has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Amya is a girl name of Modern origin meaning “variant of Amaya or Amia”. A modern respelling.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 10,312 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 61 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Amya per year, United States (1995 to 2025). United States peaked in 2004 (717/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2018 (7/yr).
Amya has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2004, when it ranked #805 nationally (given to 717 babies that year).
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