Amye — girls' name
651 babies named Amye in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Amye was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Amye in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amye
The Social Security Administration has registered 651 babies named Amye between 1902 and 2003, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amye performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Amye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Amye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amye 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 651 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.
Amye at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Amye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1902
- Peak year (1973)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
651 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 28 births in a single year.
Amye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 200 births that decade — 31% of Amye's all-time total
Amye decade highlights
- Peak decade 200 births
- Runner-up 163 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Amye's strongest decade
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Amye by state
Where Amye concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 3.7% |
24 of 651 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.7% 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, 1902–2003 (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.