Amyas

#8,955 in 2025Boys' name

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Amyas has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #8,955 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Amyas, 2025

1 in 414,000

Amyas over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Amyas: meaning, origin, and history

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Latin

What Amyas means

Amyas means “friend”, associated with amīcus.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Old French Amis, a given name and nickname, from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Later interpreted as a masculine form of Amy.

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Origin, language, and formation

Amyas is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Amyas comes through Old French Amis and Latin amīcus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amy.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 boys were recorded with the name Amyas between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,644 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,314 in 2020 to #8,955 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,731 in 2015 to #8,955 in 2025.

How common is Amyas?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,955; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Amyas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amyas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amyass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amyas was born before 2019 — so the typical Amyas is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 46.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 122; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 46.7% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Amyas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +3,505; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,641; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,776; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 38.1%; Peak was 2019 (21)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 24.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,644; 2019

Spellings of Amyas

Amyas is not the most common spelling — Amos is, with 32.9% against Amyas's 0.11%.

Amos32.9%36,536
Atlas23.3%25,893
Aryan7.3%8,106
Amar4.5%4,989
Ayan3.7%4,091
Amias2.8%3,109
Ammar2.8%3,083
Anas2.6%2,906

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Amyas around the world

Where Amyas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2024–2024
#5,120
in 2024
France
2006–2015
#5,993
in 2015

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Amyas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,955
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,641
Best rank ever: #4,644; 2019
Peak year: 2019; 21 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 122
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Amyas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Amyr Amyis Amyri Alyas Aliyas Eyas Matyas Amyre Amyris Amylo Eliyas Aryas Amyrie Elyas Ilyas Vyas Mikiyas Sreyas Tobyas Amiyas Tyas Shreyas Amayas Ermyas

Sibling names for Amyas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Rhianna Keren Kendyl Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya Jazmyne

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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