Amayah
- Pronunciation
- [A-may-ah]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Close To God.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Amayah
Amayah is a melodic, contemporary name often understood through a devotional lens, with a popular interpretation linking it to the idea of being "close to God." It belongs to a broad and flourishing family of flowing Am- names — Amaya, Amaia, Amara, Amira — that have surged in recent decades, all prized for their warmth and their lyrical, three-syllable cadence. Names in this cluster tend to feel both gentle and richly feminine, qualities that have made them favorites among parents seeking softness with a touch of distinction.
Whatever the precise roots claimed for it, Amayah reads first and foremost as a beautifully balanced modern name. The terminal -ah spelling gives it an extra layer of softness and a slightly more ornamental look on the page, in step with current tastes for names that feel tender, romantic, and a little luminous. It is the kind of name that sounds like a gentle exhalation when spoken aloud.
Amayah first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2016 and has been climbing ever since, reaching its peak in 2024 at rank #699 — its strongest year on record, with 401 girls given the name. With around 2,760 births across its tracked span, it is a name clearly on the rise rather than in retreat, gathering momentum year by year. A recorded variant is Amma.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Amayah
US Popularity History (2016–2025)
Annual US births named Amayah by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2022 with 419 girls named Amayah (girl rank #703 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #841 for girls (323 US births). That's 138 places below its 2022 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Amayah Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Amayah the strongest states are Nevada, Massachusetts, Florida.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #434 | 19 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #511 | 93 |
| 3 | Florida | #522 | 319 |
| 4 | New York | #618 | 222 |
| 5 | Arizona | #640 | 86 |
| 6 | New Jersey | #656 | 80 |
| 7 | California | #692 | 448 |
| 8 | Indiana | #709 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado | #729 | 33 |
| 10 | Ohio | #747 | 77 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #1,017 | 25 |
| 2 | Michigan | #926 | 38 |
| 3 | Georgia | #917 | 65 |
| 4 | Missouri | #863 | 17 |
| 5 | Texas | #843 | 247 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #822 | 68 |
| 7 | Virginia | #817 | 39 |
| 8 | Wisconsin | #788 | 16 |
| 9 | Illinois | #769 | 83 |
| 10 | Maryland | #752 | 22 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Amayah in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amma | Akan People Of Ghana Name For Females Born On Saturday.Also A West African Name Meaning "Happy." | Female | African |
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Compare Amayah to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Amayah against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).