Girls' name · peaked in 1975
Amy name popularity since 1925
687,849 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amy. Half of them were born in 1976 or earlier, so the typical Amy is about 50 years old in 2026. Amy peaked in 1975 as the #2 name for girls, and it ranked #257 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 687,849
- Named Amy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #257
- for girls in 2025 (1,200 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 686,007 girls · 1,842 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 1.49× its national share
Peak year is the year Amy 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.
Amy births per year, 1925–2025
1975 was the biggest year for Amy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Amy became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 2,780 baby girls to 1 in 816.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 128 to 1 in 258.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Amy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amy 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 | 2,209 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 3,402 | 6 | #355 |
| 1940s | 5,328 | 5 | #328 |
| 1950s | 30,583 | 48 | #134 |
| 1960s | 116,775 | 287 | #35 |
| 1970s | 268,994 | 771 | #2 |
| 1980s | 150,662 | 525 | #20 |
| 1990s | 51,167 | 115 | #75 |
| 2000s | 28,760 | 63 | #111 |
| 2010s | 19,765 | 10 | #158 |
| 2020–25 | 8,362 | 7 | #257 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
53.7% of babies named Amy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Amy is most popular
The index compares Amy'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 Amy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1.49× | 20,361 |
| Vermont | 1.48× | 1,709 |
| Iowa | 1.43× | 12,612 |
| Minnesota | 1.40× | 17,708 |
| Wyoming | 1.39× | 1,299 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amy (this page) | 686,007 | 1975 |
| Amie | 20,351 | 1976 |
| Ami | 7,678 | 1975 |
| Ammie | 1,953 | 1886 |
| Amee | 1,713 | 1975 |
| Ammy | 1,316 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amy (1975).
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