Girls' name · peaked in 1973

Aimee name popularity since 1925

53,872 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Aimee. Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Aimee is about 45 years old in 2026. Aimee peaked in 1973 as the #126 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 53,872; Named Aimee, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1973; #126 for girls that year
Typical age: About 45; Median birth year 1981
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,581 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 53,794 girls · 78 boys
Most popular in: Utah; 1.98× its national share

Peak year is the year Aimee made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Aimee births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 1977. Measured as a share of all babies, Aimee peaked in 1973.

Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Aimee became 4.8× more common, from 1 in 4,610 baby girls to 1 in 960.
Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 4,890 to 1 in 8,910.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Aimee's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Aimee.

Decade by decade

Babies named Aimee in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	139	0	–
1930s	140	0	#1,919
1940s	223	0	#2,339
1950s	976	0	#967
1960s	3,811	0	#554
1970s	19,407	39	#136
1980s	13,186	39	#205
1990s	7,832	0	#331
2000s	4,105	0	#688
2010s	3,068	0	#911
2020–25	907	0	#1,581

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

44.4% of babies named Aimee from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Aimee is most popular

The index compares Aimee's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Aimee.

State	Index	Babies
Utah	1.98×	859
Louisiana	1.85×	1,694
Oregon	1.45×	695
Colorado	1.44×	906
Washington	1.41×	1,199

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Aimee's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Aimee.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Aimee (1973).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data