Ami

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 94.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 334 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,678
since 1947

Ami over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #525, 1975peak #3,025, 2007girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,66129#6,44613
2024#2,93056#5,90415
2023#2,41574#4,74221
2022#2,89458#5,87415
2021#2,78461#9,7147
2020#3,28147#7,50210
2019#3,38846#4,95119
2018#3,67741#6,34513
2017#3,55243#6,68512
2016#3,70741#4,94319
2015#3,76740#7,49110
2014#2,88859#4,13824
2013#3,16651#5,65915
2012#2,65467#3,29733
2011#3,13253#4,65920
2010#2,72665#5,04718
2009#2,77964#6,43613
2008#2,41979#3,82327
2007#2,64769#3,02538
2006#2,43876#3,68627
2005#2,08889—
2004#2,71160—
2003#2,46566#10,8945
2002#2,46764#10,6675
2001#2,60058#9,2436
2000#2,33266—
1999#2,30764—
1998#2,02673—
1997#2,00271—
1996#1,91575—
1995#1,73084—
1994#1,511103—
1993#1,81580—
1992#1,77482—
1991#1,395115—
1990#1,479105—
1989#1,383109—
1988#1,157132#7,2705
1987#950170—
1986#886186—
1985#893179—
1984#909164—
1983#890170#5,4846
1982#853182—
1981#768212—
1980#700243#5,5256
1979#621283—
1978#630265—
1977#618271#3,8369
1976#529331—
1975#525334—
1974#549306#5,2275
1973#543307—
1972#658230#4,4416
1971#692220—
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Ami! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1947–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ami is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedNHWashington: #393 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,530 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMNIllinois: #578 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,520 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedWIMichigan: #769 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,159 girlsMINew York: #743 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,365 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedRIOregon: #447 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,946 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedSDIowa: #298 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,104 girlsIAIndiana: #463 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,915 girlsINOhio: #522 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsOHPennsylvania: #797 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,485 girlsPANew Jersey: #431 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,059 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #615 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 4,532 girlsCAUtah: #427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,939 girlsUTColorado: #482 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,413 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMOKentucky: #354 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,459 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedNMKansas: #303 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #698 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,614 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,508 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedALGeorgia: #593 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,692 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ami, so not publishedHITexas: #648 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,023 girlsTXFlorida: #675 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,401 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#298 · 1 in 2,104
  2. Kansas#303 · 1 in 1,932
  3. Kentucky#354 · 1 in 2,459
  4. Washington#393 · 1 in 2,530
  5. Utah#427 · 1 in 2,939

Best ever in a state: #189 in Maine, 1978.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#29891 in 2,104
Kansas#30371 in 1,932
Kentucky#354101 in 2,459
Washington#39391 in 2,530
Utah#42751 in 2,939
New Jersey#431121 in 3,059
Oregon#44751 in 2,946
Indiana#46391 in 3,915
Colorado#48251 in 3,413
South Carolina#51251 in 3,508
Ohio#522141 in 5,010
Illinois#578161 in 4,520
Georgia#59371 in 4,692
California#615331 in 4,532
Texas#648201 in 5,023
Florida#67581 in 5,401
North Carolina#69851 in 6,614
New York#743161 in 6,365
Michigan#76971 in 8,159
Pennsylvania#79771 in 9,485
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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 Ami
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,731 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #4,661)
  • 1,380 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #4,661)
  • 894 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #4,661)
  • Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1969 (#1,074 → #774)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1988 (#950 → #1,157)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1975 at #525 (334 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1969–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,365
  • Highest: 1 in 4,365 girls born in 1975 were named Ami (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 36.1% of all girls named Ami (2,772) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,295 (1947)#5,295
1950s120#2,376 (1958)#3,740
1960s660#774 (1969)#1,586
1970s2,772#525 (1975)#606
1980s1,747#700 (1980)#939
1990s852#1,395 (1991)#1,795
2000s691#2,088 (2005)#2,495
2010s506#2,654 (2012)#3,266
2020s325#2,415 (2023)#3,161

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.

Ami in 1977

girls
#618
271 births · 1 in 5,657 girls
boys
#3,836
9 births · 1 in 182,580 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #618Ami271

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #3,836Ami9
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 5,657 of them was named Ami, which outranked 94.5% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ami
  1. #612Tanika274
  2. #616Bree273
  3. #616James273
  4. #618Ami271
  5. #618Cory271
  6. #618Elissa271
  7. #621Cathleen270
  8. #621Corina270
  9. #621Gladys270

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 182,580 of them was named Ami, which outranked 44.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ami
  1. #3,606Winslow10
  2. #3,606Wolf10
  3. #3,606Zak10
  4. #3,836Ami9
  5. #3,836Abelino9
  6. #3,836Adisa9
  7. #3,836Aleksandar9
  8. #4,164Abdiel8
  9. #4,164Abdur8
  10. #4,164Adil8

Tied with 327 names at #3,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →