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
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 334 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,678since 1947
Ami over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #2,894 | 58 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #2,784 | 61 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #3,677 | 41 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #2,888 | 59 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #2,654 | 67 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 | #4,659 | 20 |
| 2010 | #2,726 | 65 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #2,779 | 64 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2006 | #2,438 | 76 | #3,686 | 27 |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,465 | 66 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,026 | 73 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,730 | 84 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,774 | 82 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,395 | 115 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,383 | 109 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,157 | 132 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #950 | 170 | — | |
| 1986 | #886 | 186 | — | |
| 1985 | #893 | 179 | — | |
| 1984 | #909 | 164 | — | |
| 1983 | #890 | 170 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #853 | 182 | — | |
| 1981 | #768 | 212 | — | |
| 1980 | #700 | 243 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #621 | 283 | — | |
| 1978 | #630 | 265 | — | |
| 1977 | #618 | 271 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #529 | 331 | — | |
| 1975 | #525 | 334 | — | |
| 1974 | #549 | 306 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #543 | 307 | — | |
| 1972 | #658 | 230 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #692 | 220 | — | |
| 1970 | #697 | 225 | — | |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,074 | 97 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,337 | 67 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,414 | 25 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#1,484 · 1 in 9,057
- Florida#1,618 · 1 in 11,943
- New York#1,876 · 1 in 13,542
- California#1,921 · 1 in 15,866
- Texas#3,205 · 1 in 31,096
Best ever in a state: #189 in Maine, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #1,484 | 5 | 1 in 9,057 |
| Florida | #1,618 | 7 | 1 in 11,943 |
| New York | #1,876 | 6 | 1 in 13,542 |
| California | #1,921 | 11 | 1 in 15,866 |
| Texas | #3,205 | 5 | 1 in 31,096 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1975 at #525 (334 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1969–1987
- 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%)
- 36.1% of all girls named Ami (2,772) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,376 (1958) | #3,740 |
| 1960s | 660 | #774 (1969) | #1,586 |
| 1970s | 2,772 | #525 (1975) | #606 |
| 1980s | 1,747 | #700 (1980) | #939 |
| 1990s | 852 | #1,395 (1991) | #1,795 |
| 2000s | 691 | #2,088 (2005) | #2,495 |
| 2010s | 506 | #2,654 (2012) | #3,266 |
| 2020s | 325 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 26,899 of them was named Ami, which outranked 84.2% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,751Scottlyn62
- #2,751Truth62
- #2,751Yelena62
- #2,784Ami61
- #2,784Aletheia61
- #2,784Aloni61
- #2,784Aniylah61
- #2,818Aja60
- #2,818Aleida60
- #2,818Allisson60
Tied with 33 names at #2,784; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 249,926 of them was named Ami, which outranked 31.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,825Zyhaire8
- #8,825Zykeem8
- #8,825Zymari8
- #9,714Ami7
- #9,714Aadav7
- #9,714Aadhan7
- #9,714Aadhavan7
- #10,799Aadiv6
- #10,799Aahaan6
- #10,799Aalim6
Tied with 1,084 names at #9,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.