Amia: Meaning of Baby Name Amia

About the Name Amia

Amia is a tender, vowel-rich name carrying the meaning "beloved," rooted in the French and broader Romance tradition where aimée ("loved") gives rise to a whole cluster of affectionate names. Compact yet lyrical, it weaves three open syllables, A-mi-a, into something that sounds at once classic and freshly minted. The very meaning of the name — love itself — gives it an unmistakable warmth that many parents find irresistible in a first name.

Its appeal lies in that blend of familiarity and lightness. Amia echoes well-loved favorites like Amelia and Mia while standing apart with its own gentle shape and softly trailing ending. It feels delicate without being fragile, modern without straining for novelty, and it carries the kind of romantic simplicity that has drawn parents to short, sweet girls' names in recent years. Easy to spell and easy to love, it reads as both intimate and a little jewel-like.

Amia first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for girls in 2013 and reached its peak the following year, in 2014, at rank #708. It last appeared in the top-1000 in 2018, at rank #960, with roughly 1,962 girls given the name across that window — a brief but genuine moment in the spotlight during the 2010s. Recorded variants include Aimee, Ami, and Amie, each carrying the same affectionate heart.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Amia

1,414

French baby names in our dictionary

843

French female names

199

4-letter A-names in our dictionary

1,183

A-female names total

2013–2018

years of US SSA records (6 total)

1,962

total US births named Amia (all years)

US Popularity History (2013–2018)

📈 Rising: Amia climbed 23 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#983 in 2013 → #960 in 2018).

Annual US births named Amia by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 397 girls named Amia (girl rank #708 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #960 for girls (275 US births). That's 252 places below its 2014 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.

Where in the US Is Amia 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 Amia the strongest states are South Carolina, Maryland, Missouri.

Strongest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	South Carolina	#662	31
2	Maryland	#676	30
3	Missouri	#714	30
4	Michigan	#731	33
5	Louisiana	#762	35
6	Arizona	#773	48
7	Virginia	#790	27
8	Florida	#811	141
9	Ohio	#820	60
10	Massachusetts	#824	21

Weakest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Texas	#1,151	79
2	California	#990	129
3	New York	#960	99
4	Pennsylvania	#920	47
5	New Jersey	#897	25
6	North Carolina	#895	52
7	Tennessee	#889	49
8	Indiana	#857	20
9	Georgia	#845	91
10	Illinois	#831	106

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Amia in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Aimee	Dearly Loved Variant Of Amy.	Female	French
Ami	Dearly Loved	Female	French
Amie	Beloved.	Female	French

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