Amy — #228 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Amy

The Social Security Administration has registered 700,417 babies named Amy between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amy currently holds the #228 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 32,253 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 268,995 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Amy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55,601 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Amy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amy 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 700,417 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.