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Amy name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Amy ranks #257 in female records (1,200 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#257 · 1,200 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 149 female records (1,349 to 1,200); rank moved from #227 to #257.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 365 female records (1,565 to 1,200); rank moved from #189 to #257.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2016: 1,846 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Amy becoming more popular?

Amy's reported female count decreased by 149 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #227 to #257. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Amy. That is not a count of zero.

Amy in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AmyFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,8460201620252016: 1,846 female records2017: 1,740 female records2018: 1,511 female records2019: 1,481 female records2020: 1,340 female records2021: 1,565 female records2022: 1,415 female records2023: 1,493 female records2024: 1,349 female records2025: 1,200 female records2024: 7 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,200257——
20241,34922779,963
20231,493199——
20221,415206——
20211,565189——
20201,340215——
20191,481204——
20181,511204——
20171,740174——
20161,846176——

Questions about Amy’s popularity

How common is Amy in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Amy ranks #257 in female records (1,200 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Amy?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Amy only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Amy creates a match.

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