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

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Peak · boys
2025 · 435 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,109
since 2000

Amias over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amias has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#642435
2024—#694390
2023—#682396
2022#12,2437#808309
2021—#759330
2020—#700363
2019—#824274
2018—#1,478117
2017—#1,73589
2016—#1,467117
2015—#1,588101
2014—#3,45631
2013—#3,75327
2012—#4,86219
2011—#5,43316
2010—#6,03614
2009—#6,43613
2008—#5,48716
2007—#6,62212
2006—#5,52515
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2003—#7,2459
2002—#9,3926
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First appearance
2000

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 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedINOhio: #1,200 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,864 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,195 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,846 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,140 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 12,427 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #332 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,397 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #999 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,662 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedHITexas: #1,532 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 18,522 boysTXFlorida: #1,485 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 16,323 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#332 · 1 in 1,397
  2. North Carolina#999 · 1 in 8,662
  3. California#1,140 · 1 in 12,427
  4. Pennsylvania#1,195 · 1 in 11,846
  5. Ohio#1,200 · 1 in 11,864

Best ever in a state: #178 in District of Columbia, 2024.

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New Mexico#33261 in 1,397
North Carolina#99961 in 8,662
California#1,140181 in 12,427
Pennsylvania#1,19551 in 11,846
Ohio#1,20051 in 11,864
Florida#1,48561 in 16,323
Texas#1,532101 in 18,522
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See more about Amias
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#694 → #642)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#700 → #642)
  • 946 spots since 2015 (#1,588 → #642)
  • Biggest jump: 654 spots in 2019 (#1,478 → #824)
  • Biggest drop: 59 spots in 2021 (#700 → #759)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2000
  • Peaked 2025 at #642 (435 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,927
  • Highest: 1 in 3,927 boys born in 2025 were named Amias (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 71.5% of all boys named Amias (2,223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s81#5,487 (2008)#7,802
2010s805#824 (2019)#3,063
2020s2,223#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.

Amias in 2016

boys
#1,467
117 births · 1 in 16,220 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #1,467Amias117
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 16,220 of them was named Amias, which outranked 89.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amias
  1. #1,456Tobin118
  2. #1,456Tyrese118
  3. #1,456Umar118
  4. #1,467Amias117
  5. #1,467Dakari117
  6. #1,467Damir117
  7. #1,467Denim117
  8. #1,478Aurelio116
  9. #1,478Geovanni116
  10. #1,478Lamont116

Tied with 10 names at #1,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →