Ammi — #15734 US girls' name
141 babies named Ammi in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Ammi was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Ammi in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ammi
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Ammi between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ammi currently holds the #15734 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ammi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ammi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ammi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ammi 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 141 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.
Ammi at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ammi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #15734 among girls.
141 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 13 births in a single year.
Ammi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56 births that decade — 40% of Ammi's all-time total
Ammi decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ammi's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Ammi by state
Where Ammi concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 141 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1977–2024 (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.