Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Amia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,080
- 0 boys · 6,080 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 397 babies
- 2025
- 127
- #1,631 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 127 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,631 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 397 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,184 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amia’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Amia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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