Amy remains a common girls' name (#257 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1973.
Amy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #257 for girl births in the United States (and #547 across all names), given to 1,200 babies — 1,206 including U.S. territories. Amy was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1975 (32,254 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,200 | 1,206 | #257 | — |
| 2024 | 1,356 | 1,365 | #227 | #9,963 |
| 2023 | 1,493 | 1,498 | #199 | — |
| 2022 | 1,415 | 1,422 | #206 | — |
| 2021 | 1,565 | 1,573 | #189 | — |
| 2020 | 1,340 | 1,347 | #215 | — |
| 2019 | 1,481 | 1,496 | #204 | — |
| 2018 | 1,511 | 1,526 | #204 | — |
| 2017 | 1,740 | 1,767 | #174 | — |
| 2016 | 1,846 | 1,880 | #176 | — |
| 2015 | 2,043 | 2,071 | #158 | — |
| 2014 | 2,198 | 2,217 | #148 | #12,215 |
| 2013 | 2,239 | 2,264 | #139 | — |
| 2012 | 2,238 | 2,268 | #145 | — |
| 2011 | 2,196 | 2,222 | #143 | #12,389 |
| 2010 | 2,283 | 2,303 | #136 | — |
| 2009 | 2,490 | 2,513 | #130 | #11,073 |
| 2008 | 2,551 | 2,573 | #133 | #7,719 |
| 2007 | 2,829 | 2,850 | #119 | — |
| 2006 | 2,747 | 2,770 | #128 | — |
| 2005 | 2,967 | 2,981 | #111 | #7,128 |
| 2004 | 3,127 | 3,146 | #106 | #6,549 |
| 2003 | 2,888 | 2,909 | #120 | #7,883 |
| 2002 | 3,102 | 3,122 | #110 | #8,500 |
| 2001 | 2,944 | 2,970 | #114 | #9,301 |
| 2000 | 3,178 | 3,198 | #105 | #10,436 |
| 1999 | 3,212 | 3,233 | #105 | #9,986 |
| 1998 | 3,491 | 3,523 | #96 | #8,523 |
| 1997 | 3,698 | — | #92 | #7,313 |
| 1996 | 4,076 | — | #88 | #6,001 |
| 1995 | 4,534 | — | #75 | #7,830 |
| 1994 | 4,700 | — | #77 | #5,887 |
| 1993 | 5,432 | — | #65 | #4,709 |
| 1992 | 6,356 | — | #51 | #3,753 |
| 1991 | 7,293 | — | #43 | #3,334 |
| 1990 | 8,490 | — | #38 | #2,490 |
| 1989 | 8,926 | — | #35 | #2,417 |
| 1988 | 10,074 | — | #29 | #1,734 |
| 1987 | 11,837 | — | #24 | #1,425 |
| 1986 | 13,511 | — | #22 | #1,256 |
| 1985 | 14,478 | — | #20 | #1,390 |
| 1984 | 16,054 | — | #13 | #1,111 |
| 1983 | 17,154 | — | #12 | #1,205 |
| 1982 | 18,852 | — | #10 | #1,278 |
| 1981 | 20,408 | — | #6 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 19,893 | — | #8 | #1,177 |
| 1979 | 21,673 | — | #5 | #1,116 |
| 1978 | 23,274 | — | #4 | #1,121 |
| 1977 | 26,803 | — | #3 | #998 |
| 1976 | 31,433 | — | #2 | #860 |
| 1975 | 32,343 | — | #2 | #879 |
| 1974 | 29,659 | — | #2 | #834 |
| 1973 | 27,048 | — | #2 | #853 |
| 1972 | 25,945 | — | #5 | #952 |
| 1971 | 26,312 | — | #5 | #941 |
| 1970 | 25,275 | — | #5 | #1,023 |
| 1969 | 21,531 | — | #6 | #931 |
| 1968 | 17,135 | — | #13 | #1,119 |
| 1967 | 16,155 | — | #12 | #1,314 |
| 1966 | 13,030 | — | #30 | #1,346 |
| 1965 | 11,552 | — | #35 | #1,670 |
| 1964 | 9,604 | — | #44 | #1,490 |
| 1963 | 8,239 | — | #54 | #2,421 |
| 1962 | 7,204 | — | #61 | #1,853 |
| 1961 | 6,628 | — | #69 | #1,951 |
| 1960 | 5,984 | — | #77 | #2,539 |
| 1959 | 5,590 | — | #85 | #2,668 |
| 1958 | 4,834 | — | #97 | #2,509 |
| 1957 | 4,088 | — | #114 | #3,265 |
| 1956 | 3,546 | — | #122 | — |
| 1955 | 3,199 | — | #134 | #3,210 |
| 1954 | 2,684 | — | #139 | #2,951 |
| 1953 | 2,311 | — | #152 | #3,817 |
| 1952 | 1,750 | — | #175 | — |
| 1951 | 1,445 | — | #200 | — |
| 1950 | 1,184 | — | #218 | — |
| 1949 | 984 | — | #237 | — |
| 1948 | 611 | — | #310 | — |
| 1947 | 577 | — | #328 | — |
| 1946 | 520 | — | #328 | — |
| 1945 | 439 | — | #328 | — |
| 1944 | 447 | — | #319 | — |
| 1943 | 468 | — | #327 | #3,559 |
| 1942 | 473 | — | #319 | — |
| 1941 | 424 | — | #320 | — |
| 1940 | 390 | — | #321 | — |
| 1939 | 364 | — | #329 | — |
| 1938 | 354 | — | #338 | — |
| 1937 | 332 | — | #355 | #3,188 |
| 1936 | 334 | — | #342 | — |
| 1935 | 325 | — | #355 | — |
| 1934 | 322 | — | #351 | — |
| 1933 | 303 | — | #364 | — |
| 1932 | 341 | — | #343 | — |
| 1931 | 347 | — | #342 | — |
| 1930 | 386 | — | #332 | — |
| 1929 | 343 | — | #352 | — |
| 1928 | 371 | — | #355 | #4,175 |
| 1927 | 446 | — | #316 | — |
| 1926 | 494 | — | #300 | — |
| 1925 | 560 | — | #281 | — |
| 1924 | 604 | — | #266 | — |
| 1923 | 596 | — | #263 | — |
| 1922 | 612 | — | #263 | — |
| 1921 | 625 | — | #267 | #3,887 |
| 1920 | 624 | — | #263 | — |
| 1919 | 609 | — | #258 | — |
| 1918 | 573 | — | #264 | — |
| 1917 | 610 | — | #253 | — |
| 1916 | 595 | — | #248 | — |
| 1915 | 624 | — | #239 | — |
| 1914 | 472 | — | #244 | — |
| 1913 | 387 | — | #247 | — |
| 1912 | 371 | — | #235 | — |
| 1911 | 301 | — | #230 | #1,750 |
| 1910 | 287 | — | #225 | — |
| 1909 | 244 | — | #229 | — |
| 1908 | 245 | — | #219 | — |
| 1907 | 247 | — | #207 | — |
| 1906 | 240 | — | #198 | — |
| 1905 | 269 | — | #186 | — |
| 1904 | 255 | — | #188 | — |
| 1903 | 242 | — | #188 | — |
| 1902 | 255 | — | #181 | — |
| 1901 | 244 | — | #179 | — |
| 1900 | 335 | — | #165 | — |
| 1899 | 281 | — | #159 | — |
| 1898 | 341 | — | #146 | — |
| 1897 | 315 | — | #148 | — |
| 1896 | 320 | — | #147 | — |
| 1895 | 303 | — | #147 | — |
| 1894 | 329 | — | #132 | — |
| 1893 | 281 | — | #146 | — |
| 1892 | 331 | — | #131 | — |
| 1891 | 266 | — | #135 | — |
| 1890 | 275 | — | #135 | — |
| 1889 | 252 | — | #137 | — |
| 1888 | 236 | — | #140 | — |
| 1887 | 251 | — | #120 | — |
| 1886 | 226 | — | #126 | — |
| 1885 | 240 | — | #112 | — |
| 1884 | 205 | — | #123 | — |
| 1883 | 209 | — | #110 | — |
| 1882 | 196 | — | #111 | — |
| 1881 | 145 | — | #118 | — |
| 1880 | 167 | — | #108 | — |