Aimee
Aimee was given to 133 girls in 2025, #1,581 among girls’ names; 54,763 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 51,100 Americans named Aimee and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 33 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Aimee by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Aimee mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Aimee is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “beloved” (Aimée).
Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy.
/ˈeɪ.mi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Aimee?
#1,581 among girls’ names, 2025
Aimee fell from #911 in 2015 to #1,581 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.17 to 0.08 per 1,000.
2,293 babies in 1977, the peak
Aimee peaked in 1977, when 2,293 babies were given it (2,288 girls, #127 among girls’ names). The 133 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,581 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,407 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 149 | #1,474 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,337 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,432 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,274 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,223 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 236 | #1,075 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 261 | #1,013 | 0.15 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 301 | #911 | 0.17 |
| 2014 | 338 | #819 | 0.19 |
| 2013 | 359 | #755 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 314 | #849 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 412 | #682 | 0.23 |
| 2010 | 474 | #621 | 0.27 |
| 2009 | 344 | #821 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 375 | #783 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 343 | #834 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 358 | #769 | 0.19 |
| 2005 | 403 | #688 | 0.22 |
| 2004 | 414 | #660 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 481 | #577 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 470 | #565 | 0.26 |
| 2001 | 449 | #572 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 468 | #557 | 0.26 |
| 1999 | 523 | #498 | 0.29 |
| 1998 | 540 | #476 | 0.31 |
| 1997 | 640 | #408 | 0.37 |
| 1996 | 675 | #391 | 0.39 |
| 1995 | 807 | #331 | 0.46 |
| 1994 | 923 | #293 | 0.52 |
| 1993 | 880 | #304 | 0.49 |
| 1992 | 880 | #314 | 0.48 |
| 1991 | 945 | #294 | 0.50 |
| 1990 | 1,019 | #272 | 0.54 |
| 1989 | 1,012 | #263 | 0.55 |
| 1988 | 1,088 | #242 | 0.61 |
| 1987 | 1,229 | #214 | 0.71 |
| 1986 | 1,318 | #197 | 0.77 |
| 1985 | 1,274 | #205 | 0.74 |
| 1984 | 1,237 | #210 | 0.73 |
| 1983 | 1,481 | #184 | 0.89 |
| 1982 | 1,451 | #187 | 0.86 |
| 1981 | 1,506 | #182 | 0.90 |
| 1980 | 1,590 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 1,814 | #156 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 1,905 | #144 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 2,288 | #127 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,248 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1975 | 2,031 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1974 | 1,857 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1973 | 2,280 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1972 | 1,875 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 1,733 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 1,376 | #227 | 0.79 |
| 1969 | 972 | #288 | 0.58 |
| 1968 | 640 | #350 | 0.39 |
| 1967 | 580 | #379 | 0.35 |
| 1966 | 367 | #489 | 0.22 |
| 1965 | 294 | #554 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 252 | #644 | 0.13 |
| 1963 | 202 | #720 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 164 | #817 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 178 | #785 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 162 | #817 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 145 | #848 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 139 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 140 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 104 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 99 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,229 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,079 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,209 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,737 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,940 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,691 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,868 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,037 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 17 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,044 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 16 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 14 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 16 | #942 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 21 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 23 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 13 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 13 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 14 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 18 | #618 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 16 | #642 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 18 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 17 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 17 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 15 | #541 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 11 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Aimee a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Aimee has been given almost only to girls: 78 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Aimee: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Aimee, and how old are they?
51,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 54,763 Americans ever recorded as Aimee. The median Aimee alive today is 45 years old; half are between 33 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 49,383 people named Aimee (49,345 women and girls, 38 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 50,960 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 84 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,680 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 22,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 17,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,930 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,760 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Aimee born?
The states with the most babies named Aimee are California, Texas and New York, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,376 | #948 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 3,891 | #1,120 | 0.9× |
| New York | 3,575 | #1,237 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,540 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 2,391 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 2,317 | #1,116 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 2,103 | #1,695 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 2,049 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 1,709 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| New Jersey | 1,514 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Aimee is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Aimee is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Aimee with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 789,152 babies since 1880, Aimee is the second most given (6.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 133 of their 1,388 babies (9.6%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Aimee
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Aimee and names like it
- Compare Aimee and AmyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sAimee peaked in 1977.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Aimee since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Aimee: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1977The year the most babies were named Aimee.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Aimee alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with AMost given first.