Girls' name · since 1961
Amby
28 babies named Amby in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Amby sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amby has been recorded 28 times among girls since 1961, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1978.
- #41,602 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amby ranks #41,602 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,602 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Amby's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amby splits its recorded history at 1964: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1978
- Peak year (1961)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Amby by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (23 births, 82% of the file).
1960s was Amby's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Amby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 23 births (82% of all-time use).
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What to do with Amby's data
- Amby's decade-level peak was the 1960s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 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, 1961–1978 (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 Amby 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.