Girls' name · peaked in 1976
Amie name popularity since 1925
20,375 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amie. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Amie is about 47 years old in 2026. Amie peaked in 1976 as the #224 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,375
- Named Amie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,559 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 20,351 girls · 24 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Amie 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.
Amie births per year, 1925–2025
1976 was the biggest year for Amie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Amie became 3.6× more common, from 1 in 12,300 baby girls to 1 in 3,390.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 2,590 to 1 in 5,490.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Amie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amie 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 | 204 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 255 | 0 | #1,331 |
| 1940s | 215 | 0 | #2,064 |
| 1950s | 325 | 0 | #1,733 |
| 1960s | 1,394 | 0 | #904 |
| 1970s | 7,807 | 14 | #261 |
| 1980s | 6,141 | 5 | #396 |
| 1990s | 1,971 | 0 | #991 |
| 2000s | 1,159 | 0 | #1,669 |
| 2010s | 682 | 0 | #3,303 |
| 2020–25 | 198 | 0 | #4,559 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.4% of babies named Amie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Amie is most popular
The index compares Amie'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 Amie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.51× | 362 |
| Louisiana | 1.48× | 448 |
| Missouri | 1.46× | 537 |
| Oklahoma | 1.37× | 303 |
| Ohio | 1.32× | 1,029 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Amie (this page) | 20,351 | 1976 |
| Amy | 686,007 | 1975 |
| Ami | 7,678 | 1975 |
| Ammie | 1,953 | 1886 |
| Amee | 1,713 | 1975 |
| Ammy | 1,316 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amie (1976).
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