NameTides

Amias

Amias was the #642 boys' name in the US in 2025 (435 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Amias as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Amias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Amias as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#642 (435)#1,226 (23)#1,642 (13)
2024#694 (390)#1,162 (24)#1,909 (10)
2023#682 (396)#1,407 (18)#1,283 (16)
2022#808 (309)#1,469 (17)#1,350 (15)
2021#759 (330)#1,448 (17)#2,491 (6)
2020#700 (363)#1,492 (16)#2,013 (8)
2019#824 (274)#1,869 (12)#1,835 (9)
2018#1,478 (117)#3,011 (6)—
2017#1,735 (89)#3,449 (5)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,467 (117)#3,079 (6)—
2015#1,588 (101)——
2014#3,456 (31)——
2013#3,753 (27)#3,822 (4)—
2012#4,862 (19)——
2011#5,433 (16)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #642.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Amias is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,100 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amias by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #398CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #432AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #594GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #621FL
Amias (boys) 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
AmiasCanadaBoys#1,64213
AmiasEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
AmiasNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmiasUSGirls—too few
AmiasUSBoys#642435