Amias
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243
- #642 for boys in 2025, 435 births
- Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 435 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,109since 2000
Amias over time
Rank among boys' names. Amias has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #642 | 435 | |
| 2024 | — | #694 | 390 | |
| 2023 | — | #682 | 396 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #808 | 309 |
| 2021 | — | #759 | 330 | |
| 2020 | — | #700 | 363 | |
| 2019 | — | #824 | 274 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,478 | 117 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,735 | 89 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,467 | 117 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,588 | 101 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,456 | 31 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,433 | 16 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
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| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Amias! It came in at #10,349, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2000–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Amias is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#191 · 1 in 559
- Colorado#398 · 1 in 1,790
- Arizona#432 · 1 in 1,925
- Virginia#435 · 1 in 2,070
- Nevada#443 · 1 in 1,882
Best ever in a state: #178 in District of Columbia, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| Colorado | #398 | 15 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Arizona | #432 | 17 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Virginia | #435 | 18 | 1 in 2,070 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Oklahoma | #464 | 9 | 1 in 1,965 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Washington | #502 | 14 | 1 in 2,343 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Missouri | #518 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 14 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Kansas | #524 | 6 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 18 | 1 in 2,859 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 17 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Ohio | #555 | 18 | 1 in 2,918 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Georgia | #594 | 17 | 1 in 2,954 |
| Florida | #621 | 27 | 1 in 3,538 |
| California | #667 | 41 | 1 in 4,280 |
| New York | #692 | 21 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Michigan | #715 | 10 | 1 in 4,019 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| Texas | #730 | 37 | 1 in 4,731 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amias
- 58 spots since 2020 (#700 → #642)
- Biggest jump: 654 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 59 spots in 2021
- Debuted 2000
- Peaked 2025 at #642 (435 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,927 boys born in 2025 were named Amias (0.03%)
- 71.5% of all boys named Amias (2,223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81 | #5,487 (2008) | #7,802 |
| 2010s | 805 | #824 (2019) | #3,063 |
| 2020s | 2,223 | #642 (2025) | #714 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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