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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat 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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Yeargirlsboys
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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2004—#11,3565
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 2020

  • 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: #848 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,528 boysWAIdaho: 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: #581 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,415 boysILWisconsin: #776 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,789 boysWIMichigan: #746 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,746 boysMINew York: #540 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 3,246 boysNYMassachusetts: #391 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,237 boysMARhode 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: #740 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,953 boysOHPennsylvania: #444 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,571 boysPANew Jersey: #520 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,024 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #674 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 4,740 boysCAUtah: #680 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,857 boysUTColorado: #484 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,282 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNEMissouri: #750 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,749 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedWVVirginia: #815 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,523 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedDEArizona: #395 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,776 boysAZNew Mexico: #331 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,213 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedARTennessee: #838 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,679 boysTNNorth Carolina: #667 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,079 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: #765 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,570 boysGAHawaii: #190 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 576 boysHITexas: #760 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 5,289 boysTXFlorida: #623 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 3,922 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#190 · 1 in 576
  2. New Mexico#331 · 1 in 1,213
  3. Massachusetts#391 · 1 in 2,237
  4. Arizona#395 · 1 in 1,776
  5. Pennsylvania#444 · 1 in 2,571

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#19061 in 576
New Mexico#33161 in 1,213
Massachusetts#391121 in 2,237
Arizona#395181 in 1,776
Pennsylvania#444211 in 2,571
Colorado#484111 in 2,282
New Jersey#520131 in 3,024
New York#540271 in 3,246
Illinois#581161 in 3,415
Florida#623231 in 3,922
North Carolina#667121 in 4,079
California#674401 in 4,740
Utah#68051 in 3,857
Ohio#740111 in 4,953
Michigan#74691 in 4,746
Missouri#75061 in 4,749
Texas#760321 in 5,289
Georgia#765111 in 4,570
Wisconsin#77651 in 4,789
Virginia#81571 in 5,523
Tennessee#83861 in 5,679
Washington#84861 in 5,528
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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
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 2020

boys
#700
363 births · 1 in 4,755 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #700Amias363
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 4,755 of them was named Amias, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amias
  1. #696Ricky366
  2. #698Karsyn365
  3. #698Miller365
  4. #700Amias363
  5. #701Salvador362
  6. #702Anakin361
  7. #702Curtis361
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →