Ammie — girls' name
2,575 babies named Ammie in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Ammie was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Ammie in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ammie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,575 babies named Ammie between 1883 and 2022, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ammie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ammie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 533 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ammie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ammie in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ammie 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 2,575 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.
Ammie at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ammie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1883
- Peak year (1973)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 140 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
2,575 total births across 140 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 69 births in a single year.
Ammie popularity over time — boys
32 total births recorded since 1920 (Ammie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ammie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ammie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 533 births that decade — 21% of Ammie's all-time total
Ammie decade highlights
- Peak decade 533 births
- Runner-up 332 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ammie's strongest decade
533 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Ammie by state
Where Ammie concentrates geographically — total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 72 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 71 | 2.8% |
| #3 | California | | 66 | 2.6% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 50 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 26 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 21 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.2% |
72 of 2,575 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.8% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.8% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
- South Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ammie appears in 14 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, 1883–2022 (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.