Amy
Amy was given to 1,200 girls in 2025, #257 among girls’ names; 703,484 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 638,000 Americans named Amy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 41 and 55.
Amy is the #21 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Amy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Amy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Amy is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “beloved” (Amata).
Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).
/ˈeɪ.mi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Amy?
#257 among girls’ names, 2025
Amy fell from #158 in 2015 to #257 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.1 to 0.75 per 1,000.
32,343 babies in 1975, the peak
Amy peaked in 1975, when 32,343 babies were given it (32,254 girls, #2 among girls’ names). The 1,200 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,200 | #257 | 0.75 |
| 2024 | 1,349 | #227 | 0.83 |
| 2023 | 1,493 | #199 | 0.93 |
| 2022 | 1,415 | #206 | 0.86 |
| 2021 | 1,565 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 1,340 | #215 | 0.83 |
| 2019 | 1,481 | #204 | 0.88 |
| 2018 | 1,511 | #204 | 0.89 |
| 2017 | 1,740 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 1,846 | #176 | 1.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,043 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 2,193 | #148 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 2,239 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 2,238 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 2011 | 2,191 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 2010 | 2,283 | #136 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 2,484 | #130 | 1.4 |
| 2008 | 2,541 | #133 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 2,829 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 2,747 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 2,957 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 3,116 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 2,880 | #120 | 1.6 |
| 2002 | 3,095 | #110 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 2,938 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 3,173 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1999 | 3,207 | #105 | 1.8 |
| 1998 | 3,485 | #96 | 2.0 |
| 1997 | 3,691 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1996 | 4,067 | #88 | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 4,528 | #75 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 4,691 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 5,420 | #65 | 3.0 |
| 1992 | 6,340 | #51 | 3.4 |
| 1991 | 7,275 | #43 | 3.9 |
| 1990 | 8,463 | #38 | 4.5 |
| 1989 | 8,899 | #35 | 4.8 |
| 1988 | 10,034 | #29 | 5.6 |
| 1987 | 11,786 | #24 | 6.8 |
| 1986 | 13,452 | #22 | 7.8 |
| 1985 | 14,429 | #20 | 8.4 |
| 1984 | 15,988 | #13 | 9.5 |
| 1983 | 17,097 | #12 | 10.2 |
| 1982 | 18,799 | #10 | 11.1 |
| 1981 | 20,345 | #6 | 12.2 |
| 1980 | 19,833 | #8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 21,609 | #5 | 13.5 |
| 1978 | 23,213 | #4 | 15.2 |
| 1977 | 26,729 | #3 | 17.4 |
| 1976 | 31,339 | #2 | 21.4 |
| 1975 | 32,254 | #2 | 22.1 |
| 1974 | 29,566 | #2 | 20.1 |
| 1973 | 26,962 | #2 | 18.5 |
| 1972 | 25,873 | #5 | 17.0 |
| 1971 | 26,237 | #5 | 15.8 |
| 1970 | 25,212 | #5 | 14.4 |
| 1969 | 21,464 | #6 | 12.7 |
| 1968 | 17,090 | #13 | 10.4 |
| 1967 | 16,122 | #12 | 9.8 |
| 1966 | 12,998 | #30 | 7.7 |
| 1965 | 11,530 | #35 | 6.5 |
| 1964 | 9,576 | #44 | 5.1 |
| 1963 | 8,227 | #54 | 4.3 |
| 1962 | 7,185 | #61 | 3.7 |
| 1961 | 6,610 | #69 | 3.3 |
| 1960 | 5,973 | #77 | 3.0 |
| 1959 | 5,580 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 4,823 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 4,081 | #114 | 2.0 |
| 1956 | 3,546 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 3,192 | #134 | 1.6 |
| 1954 | 2,676 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1953 | 2,306 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1952 | 1,750 | #175 | 0.94 |
| 1951 | 1,445 | #200 | 0.80 |
| 1950 | 1,184 | #218 | 0.69 |
| 1949 | 984 | #237 | 0.58 |
| 1948 | 611 | #310 | 0.36 |
| 1947 | 577 | #328 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 520 | #328 | 0.33 |
| 1945 | 439 | #328 | 0.34 |
| 1944 | 447 | #319 | 0.34 |
| 1943 | 463 | #327 | 0.33 |
| 1942 | 473 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1941 | 424 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1940 | 390 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1939 | 364 | #329 | 0.33 |
| 1938 | 354 | #338 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 326 | #355 | 0.31 |
| 1936 | 334 | #342 | 0.32 |
| 1935 | 325 | #355 | 0.31 |
| 1934 | 322 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1933 | 303 | #364 | 0.30 |
| 1932 | 341 | #343 | 0.32 |
| 1931 | 347 | #342 | 0.33 |
| 1930 | 386 | #332 | 0.34 |
| 1929 | 343 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1928 | 366 | #355 | 0.32 |
| 1927 | 446 | #316 | 0.37 |
| 1926 | 494 | #300 | 0.42 |
| 1925 | 560 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1924 | 604 | #266 | 0.48 |
| 1923 | 596 | #263 | 0.49 |
| 1922 | 612 | #263 | 0.51 |
| 1921 | 619 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1920 | 624 | #263 | 0.52 |
| 1919 | 609 | #258 | 0.54 |
| 1918 | 573 | #264 | 0.49 |
| 1917 | 610 | #253 | 0.56 |
| 1916 | 595 | #248 | 0.57 |
| 1915 | 624 | #239 | 0.63 |
| 1914 | 472 | #244 | 0.62 |
| 1913 | 387 | #247 | 0.62 |
| 1912 | 371 | #235 | 0.66 |
| 1911 | 296 | #230 | 0.71 |
| 1910 | 287 | #225 | 0.72 |
| 1909 | 244 | #229 | 0.70 |
| 1908 | 245 | #219 | 0.73 |
| 1907 | 247 | #207 | 0.78 |
| 1906 | 240 | #198 | 0.81 |
| 1905 | 269 | #186 | 0.92 |
| 1904 | 255 | #188 | 0.93 |
| 1903 | 242 | #188 | 0.92 |
| 1902 | 255 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1901 | 244 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1900 | 335 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1899 | 281 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 341 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 315 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1896 | 320 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1895 | 303 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 329 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1893 | 281 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1892 | 331 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1891 | 266 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1890 | 275 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1889 | 252 | #137 | 1.4 |
| 1888 | 236 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1887 | 251 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1886 | 226 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1885 | 240 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1884 | 205 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1883 | 209 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1882 | 196 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 1881 | 145 | #118 | 1.6 |
| 1880 | 167 | #108 | 1.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Amy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Amy has been given almost only to girls: 1,853 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Amy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Amy, and how old are they?
638,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 703,484 Americans ever recorded as Amy. The median Amy alive today is 49 years old; half are between 41 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 625,127 people named Amy (624,622 women and girls, 505 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 643,958 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 58,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 344,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 167,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 45,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Amy born?
The states with the most babies named Amy are California, New York and Texas, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 55,882 | #180 | 0.7× |
| New York | 46,063 | #172 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 45,215 | #243 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 43,465 | #296 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 40,068 | #431 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 35,914 | #313 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 32,882 | #557 | 1.1× |
| Indiana | 21,883 | #270 | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 20,541 | #297 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 20,112 | #174 | 0.8× |
Where Amy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Amy is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Amy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 856,606 babies since 1880, Amy is the most given (82% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,200 of their 3,458 babies (35%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Amy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Amy and names like it
- Compare Amy and AimeeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sAmy peaked in 1975.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Amy since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Amy: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1975The year the most babies were named Amy.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Amy alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with AMost given first.