NameTides

Amia

Amia was the #1,631 girls' name in the US in 2025 (127 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Amia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Amia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,631 (127)#3,705 (6)—#3,044 (6)
2024#1,630 (127)#3,016 (8)——
2023#1,248 (185)#4,057 (5)—#1,898 (11)
2022#1,177 (204)#3,149 (7)—#2,553 (7)
2021#1,236 (190)#1,962 (14)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,099 (222)#4,535 (4)—#2,343 (8)
2019#1,103 (222)#2,643 (9)—#3,266 (5)
2018#960 (275)#2,340 (11)—#1,996 (10)
2017#851 (320)#3,229 (7)—#1,901 (11)
2016#796 (357)#2,547 (10)—#2,195 (9)
2015#786 (358)#1,711 (17)—#2,891 (6)
2014#708 (397)#1,562 (19)—#2,026 (10)
2013#981 (256)#1,956 (14)—#1,792 (12)
2012#1,174 (209)#2,095 (13)—#2,921 (6)
2011#1,409 (162)#4,049 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #708.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1965.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Amia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Amia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmiaCanadaGirls#3,0446
AmiaEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
AmiaIrelandGirls—too few
AmiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmiaUSGirls#1,631127