Girls' name · since 1999
Amoy
98 babies named Amoy in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amoy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 98 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Amoy recorded 98 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #27,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amoy ranks #27,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amoy's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amoy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Amoy's full recorded timeline at 2010, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Amoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Amoy by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (43 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Amoy's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Amoy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 43 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Amoy's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Amoy 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.