Unisex name · since 2005
Amai
Amai has 186 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Amai is the #8211 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 186 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amai has been recorded 186 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #8211 nationally and more common than 53% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #20,536 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,211 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 186 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amai ranks #20,536 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,211 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 186 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,211 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amai's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amai compares
186 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amai's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amai's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Amai popularity over time - boys
63 total births recorded since 2020 (Amai as boys' name)
Amai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (89 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Amai's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Amai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 89 births (48% of all-time use).
Amai by state
Where Amai concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 6.5% |
12 of 186 births nationwide.
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What to do with Amai's data
- New York records the most Amais (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.