Aimee

Where Aimee comes from

Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”). A variation of the English Amy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Aimee
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1960
    Aimee Mann born
    American singer-songwriter
  3. 1976
    Peak, #123
    2,248 babies named Aimee — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1988
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #242.
  5. 1994
    Aimee Lou Wood born
    English actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Aimee Lou Wood · English actress, born 1994
  • Aimee Mann · American singer-songwriter, born 1960
  • Aimee Teegarden · American actress, born 1989
  • Aimee Mullins · American athlete, actress, and fashion model, born 1975
  • Aimee Garcia · American actress, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.