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

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat 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
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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 2015

  • 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: #1,830 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 20,569 boysNYMassachusetts: #714 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,912 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: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,316 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 16,164 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedUTColorado: #551 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,075 boysCONebraska: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNMKansas: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Amias, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #1,445 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 17,098 boysTXFlorida: #1,684 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,670 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#551 · 1 in 3,075
  2. Massachusetts#714 · 1 in 5,912
  3. California#1,316 · 1 in 16,164
  4. Texas#1,445 · 1 in 17,098
  5. Florida#1,684 · 1 in 19,670

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#55191 in 3,075
Massachusetts#71451 in 5,912
California#1,316141 in 16,164
Texas#1,445111 in 17,098
Florida#1,68451 in 19,670
New York#1,83051 in 20,569
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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 2015

boys
#1,588
101 births · 1 in 18,978 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,588Amias101
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 18,978 of them was named Amias, which outranked 88.7% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amias
  1. #1,581Niklaus102
  2. #1,581Shaurya102
  3. #1,581Zaidyn102
  4. #1,588Amias101
  5. #1,588Ambrose101
  6. #1,588Brigham101
  7. #1,588Fred101
  8. #1,599Abdulaziz100
  9. #1,599Alexavier100
  10. #1,599Anas100

Tied with 10 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015