Amey

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #12,420 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 94.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
851
since 1886

Amey over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #1,108, 1886peak #8,140, 2017girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025——
2024—#12,3495
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2022—#10,8636
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2018—#10,7606
2017—#8,1409
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2008—#12,5535
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2006#12,4208#12,0555
2005—#11,4725
2004#10,6909—
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2002—#8,4567
2001—#10,5565
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1999#11,3857—
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1993#13,4425—
1992#7,51211—
1991#9,3368—
1990#6,86712—
1989#9,6817—
1988#7,11110—
1987——
1986#5,45913—
1985#4,63516—
1984#5,89911—
1983#5,14813—
1982#4,02519—
1981#4,53216—
1980#3,00229—
1979#4,42016—
1978#3,51221—
1977#3,26723—
1976#2,60230—
1975#3,25921—
1974#2,61628—
1973#2,17136—
1972#2,39830—
1971#2,47730—
1970#2,77925—
1969#2,35030—
1968#3,78913—
1967#3,48414—
1966#3,74012—
1965#4,20210—
1964#4,35510—
1963#5,2967—
1962#4,8658—
1961#4,8828—
1960#5,6966—
1959#5,5666—
1958#6,1035—
1957#6,0865—
1956#5,3256—
1955#4,7407—
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1953#5,0406—
1952#4,9086—
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1950#3,6629—
1949#4,6736—
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1947#4,3457—
1946#3,6658—
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1936#3,3767—
1935#4,2045—
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1928#4,7255—
1927#2,85911—
1926#4,3066—
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1923#3,12510—
1922#4,4456—
1921#3,16410—
1920#4,9755—
1919#3,00510—
1918#2,28915—
1917#3,7137—
1916#3,5527—
1915#2,68810—
1914#2,8767—
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1912#2,6346—
1911#1,6569—
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Amey! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Amey is popular in 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,758 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 23,978 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Amey, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,758 · 1 in 23,978

Best ever in a state: #1,439 in Texas, 1973.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Amey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #1,108 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,907
  • Highest: 1 in 28,907 girls born in 1886 were named Amey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,651 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.6% of all girls named Amey (260) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,108 (1886)#1,108
1890s18#1,278 (1892)#1,352
1900s24#1,219 (1902)#1,855
1910s71#1,656 (1911)#2,802
1920s65#2,809 (1924)#3,801
1930s20#3,274 (1932)#3,618
1940s26#3,665 (1946)#4,258
1950s50#3,662 (1950)#5,179
1960s118#2,350 (1969)#4,266
1970s260#2,171 (1973)#2,950
1980s134#3,002 (1980)#5,499
1990s43#6,867 (1990)#9,708
2000s17#10,690 (2004)#11,555

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amey in 1976

girls
#2,602
30 births · 1 in 48,837 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #2,602Amey30
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 48,837 of them was named Amey, which outranked 76.2% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amey
  1. #2,546Tanaya31
  2. #2,546Tonie31
  3. #2,546Tressie31
  4. #2,602Amey30
  5. #2,602Alessandra30
  6. #2,602Andera30
  7. #2,602Antonella30
  8. #2,664Alethia29
  9. #2,664Alva29
  10. #2,664Anisha29

Tied with 61 names at #2,602; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,548Rhiannon#4,141 → #593
  2. ↑ 3,533Mackenzie#4,370 → #837
  3. ↑ 3,060Khalilah#3,774 → #714
  4. ↑ 1,663Kenisha#2,612 → #949
  5. ↑ 1,455Latoria#2,411 → #956
Fallers
  1. ↓ 821Nyree#926 → #1,747
  2. ↓ 668Syreeta#778 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 505Cher#994 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 398Kandice#957 → #1,355
  5. ↓ 370Racquel#973 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1976 →