Girls' name · since 2016
Amei
Amei has 116 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amei currently ranks #10779 among girls' names in America, with 116 babies recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Amei recorded 116 times among girls since 2016, holding rank #10779 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #25,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,779 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amei ranks #25,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,779 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Amei's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Amei compares
116 27th 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
Amei's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amei's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Amei by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (69 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Amei's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Amei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 69 births (59% of all-time use).
Amei by state
Where Amei concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 116 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Ameis (5 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 Amei: 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 (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Amei 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.