Ami — #2929 US unisex name
7,649 babies named Ami in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Ami was born in this single decade.
334 babies were named Ami in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ami
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,649 babies named Ami between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ami currently holds the #2929 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 334 babies received it in a single year. Ami is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 409 additional births since 1972.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ami performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,772 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ami shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 867 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ami in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ami in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,649 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ami at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ami popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1947
- Peak year (1975)
- 334
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
Currently ranks #2929 among girls.
7,649 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 334 births in a single year.
Ami popularity over time — boys
409 total births recorded since 1972 (Ami as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ami accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ami by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 2,772 births that decade — 36% of Ami's all-time total
Ami decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,772 births
- Runner-up 1,747 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ami's strongest decade
2,772 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Ami by state
Where Ami concentrates geographically — total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 867 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 636 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 428 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 387 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 271 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 225 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 203 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 202 | 2.6% |
867 of 7,649 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.3% of nationwide
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ami appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1947–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.