Beloved or industrious
Amylah is a modern American invention, likely created as a melodic blend of the name Amy and the popular '-lah' suffix. It draws etymological roots from the Latin 'amare', meaning to love, or potentially the Germanic 'amal', meaning work or industrious.
Less common today
Amylah isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #3,727 in 2020.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
