Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Amy

#36 most common girls' name of all time · #84 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#36
Rank overall
#84 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
703,484
Since 2016
14,947
Peak year
1975 #2
Best rank
#2 1973
Girls Boys peak 32,343/yr
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Amy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,200 — 1,200 #257
2024 1,349 7 1,356 #227
2023 1,493 — 1,493 #199
2022 1,415 — 1,415 #206
2021 1,565 — 1,565 #189
2020 1,340 — 1,340 #215
2019 1,481 — 1,481 #205
2018 1,511 — 1,511 #204
2017 1,740 — 1,740 #174
2016 1,846 — 1,846 #176
2015 2,043 — 2,043 #158
2014 2,193 5 2,198 #148
2013 2,239 — 2,239 #139
2012 2,238 — 2,238 #145
2011 2,191 5 2,196 #143
2010 2,283 — 2,283 #136
2009 2,484 6 2,490 #130
2008 2,541 10 2,551 #133
2007 2,829 — 2,829 #119
2006 2,747 — 2,747 #128
2005 2,957 10 2,967 #111
2004 3,116 11 3,127 #106
2003 2,880 8 2,888 #120
2002 3,095 7 3,102 #110
2001 2,938 6 2,944 #114
2000 3,173 5 3,178 #105
1999 3,207 5 3,212 #105
1998 3,485 6 3,491 #96
1997 3,691 7 3,698 #92
1996 4,067 9 4,076 #88
1995 4,528 6 4,534 #75
1994 4,691 9 4,700 #77
1993 5,420 12 5,432 #65
1992 6,340 16 6,356 #51
1991 7,275 18 7,293 #43
1990 8,463 27 8,490 #38
1989 8,899 27 8,926 #35
1988 10,034 40 10,074 #29
1987 11,786 51 11,837 #24
1986 13,452 59 13,511 #22
1985 14,429 49 14,478 #20
1984 15,988 66 16,054 #13
1983 17,097 57 17,154 #12
1982 18,799 53 18,852 #10
1981 20,345 63 20,408 #6
1980 19,833 60 19,893 #8
1979 21,609 64 21,673 #5
1978 23,213 61 23,274 #4
1977 26,729 74 26,803 #3
1976 31,339 94 31,433 #2
1975 32,254 89 32,343 #2
1974 29,566 93 29,659 #2
1973 26,962 86 27,048 #2
1972 25,873 72 25,945 #5
1971 26,237 75 26,312 #5
1970 25,212 63 25,275 #5
1969 21,464 67 21,531 #6
1968 17,090 45 17,135 #13
1967 16,122 33 16,155 #12
1966 12,998 32 13,030 #30
1965 11,530 22 11,552 #35
1964 9,576 28 9,604 #44
1963 8,227 12 8,239 #54
1962 7,185 19 7,204 #61
1961 6,610 18 6,628 #69
1960 5,973 11 5,984 #77
1959 5,580 10 5,590 #85
1958 4,823 11 4,834 #97
1957 4,081 7 4,088 #114
1956 3,546 — 3,546 #122
1955 3,192 7 3,199 #134
1954 2,676 8 2,684 #139
1953 2,306 5 2,311 #152
1952 1,750 — 1,750 #175
1951 1,445 — 1,445 #200
1950 1,184 — 1,184 #218
1949 984 — 984 #238
1948 611 — 611 #311
1947 577 — 577 #329
1946 520 — 520 #328
1945 439 — 439 #328
1944 447 — 447 #319
1943 463 5 468 #327
1942 473 — 473 #319
1941 424 — 424 #320
1940 390 — 390 #321
1939 364 — 364 #329
1938 354 — 354 #338
1937 326 6 332 #355
1936 334 — 334 #342
1935 325 — 325 #354
1934 322 — 322 #351
1933 303 — 303 #364
1932 341 — 341 #343
1931 347 — 347 #342
1930 386 — 386 #332
1929 343 — 343 #352
1928 366 5 371 #355
1927 446 — 446 #316
1926 494 — 494 #300
1925 560 — 560 #281
1924 604 — 604 #266
1923 596 — 596 #263
1922 612 — 612 #263
1921 619 6 625 #267
1920 624 — 624 #263
1919 609 — 609 #258
1918 573 — 573 #264
1917 610 — 610 #253
1916 595 — 595 #248
1915 624 — 624 #239
1914 472 — 472 #244
1913 387 — 387 #247
1912 371 — 371 #235
1911 296 5 301 #230
1910 287 — 287 #225
1909 244 — 244 #229
1908 245 — 245 #218
1907 247 — 247 #207
1906 240 — 240 #198
1905 269 — 269 #186
1904 255 — 255 #188
1903 242 — 242 #188
1902 255 — 255 #181
1901 244 — 244 #179
1900 335 — 335 #166
1899 281 — 281 #159
1898 341 — 341 #146
1897 315 — 315 #148
1896 320 — 320 #147
1895 303 — 303 #147
1894 329 — 329 #132
1893 281 — 281 #146
1892 331 — 331 #131
1891 266 — 266 #135
1890 275 — 275 #135
1889 252 — 252 #137
1888 236 — 236 #140
1887 251 — 251 #120
1886 226 — 226 #126
1885 240 — 240 #112
1884 205 — 205 #123
1883 209 — 209 #111
1882 196 — 196 #111
1881 145 — 145 #118
1880 167 — 167 #108