Unisex name · since 1886
Amey
851 babies named Amey in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 851
- born since 1886
- 1970s
- peak decade
Amey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 851 recorded since 1886.
Amey has 851 recorded births among girls since 1886, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1886 to 2006.
- #8,401 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 851 born since 1886
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amey ranks #8,401 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 851 born since 1886, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 851
- born since 1886
- 1970s
- peak decade
Amey's 851 recorded births place it above 88.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Amey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amey's full recorded timeline at 1958, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1886, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1886–2006
- Peak year (1973)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 121 years of records
Amey popularity over time - boys
53 total births recorded since 2001 (Amey as boys' name)
Amey by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (260 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Amey's strongest decade.
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Amey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 18
1890s
18 births
- 1900s 24
1900s
24 births
- 1910s 71
1910s
71 births
- 1920s 65
1920s
65 births
- 1930s 20
1930s
20 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s
1960s
118 births
- 1970s
1970s
260 births
- 1980s
1980s
134 births
- 1990s 43
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 260 births (31% of all-time use).
How Amey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amey's total volume
Amey by state
Where Amey concentrates geographically, total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
6 of 851 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Amey's decade-level peak was the 1970s (260 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ameys (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~120 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, 1886–2006 (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 Amey 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.