Amy Name Popularity

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How popular is Amy?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Amy, ranked the 205th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Amy has been a top 500 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Its highest popularity ranking of #2 was reached for the first time in 1973 and as recently as 1976.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 1975 with 32,251 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Amy was 145 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1889-1892, 1911-1915, 1939-1942, and 1944-1975, the name Amy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1976-1999, 2007-2010, and 2013-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Amy has steadily decreased in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Amy lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Amy?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Amy is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Amy is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Amy (Girl)		Amy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,497	205	< 5	--
2017		1,730	174	< 5	--
2016		1,840	176	< 5	--
2015		2,040	158	< 5	--
2014		2,192	148	5	12,192
2013		2,236	139	< 5	--
2012		2,233	145	< 5	--
2011		2,190	143	5	12,375
2010		2,281	136	< 5	--
2009		2,483	130	6	11,067
2008		2,539	132	10	7,717
2007		2,829	119	< 5	--
2006		2,744	128	< 5	--
2005		2,954	111	10	7,126
2004		3,114	106	11	6,547
2003		2,879	120	8	7,879
2002		3,095	110	7	8,496
2001		2,936	114	6	9,293
2000		3,172	105	5	10,434
1999		3,205	105	5	9,983
1998		3,485	96	6	8,521
1997		3,690	92	7	7,310
1996		4,068	88	9	5,998
1995		4,529	75	6	7,827
1994		4,691	77	9	5,887
1993		5,421	65	12	4,710
1992		6,340	51	16	3,751
1991		7,277	43	18	3,332
1990		8,461	38	27	2,490
1989		8,898	35	27	2,417
1988		10,034	29	40	1,733
1987		11,786	24	51	1,422
1986		13,458	22	59	1,256
1985		14,425	20	49	1,390
1984		15,990	13	66	1,109
1983		17,097	12	57	1,204
1982		18,803	10	53	1,277
1981		20,343	6	63	1,153
1980		19,835	8	60	1,177
1979		21,615	5	64	1,117
1978		23,212	4	61	1,124
1977		26,732	3	74	999
1976		31,341	2	94	859
1975		32,251	2	89	879
1974		29,565	2	93	834
1973		26,964	2	86	853
1972		25,873	5	72	952
1971		26,237	5	75	941
1970		25,209	5	63	1,023
1969		21,464	6	67	932
1968		17,090	13	45	1,119
1967		16,128	12	33	1,314
1966		12,998	30	32	1,345
1965		11,530	35	22	1,670
1964		9,576	44	28	1,489
1963		8,230	54	12	2,418
1962		7,184	61	19	1,853
1961		6,613	68	18	1,947
1960		5,974	77	11	2,542
1959		5,583	85	10	2,668
1958		4,820	97	11	2,504
1957		4,077	114	7	3,264
1956		3,548	122	< 5	--
1955		3,193	134	7	3,211
1954		2,674	139	8	2,949
1953		2,307	151	5	3,818
1952		1,750	175	< 5	--
1951		1,445	200	< 5	--
1950		1,185	218	< 5	--
1949		984	237	< 5	--
1948		611	310	< 5	--
1947		577	329	< 5	--
1946		520	328	< 5	--
1945		440	327	< 5	--
1944		447	319	< 5	--
1943		464	327	5	3,559
1942		473	319	< 5	--
1941		423	320	< 5	--
1940		390	321	< 5	--
1939		364	329	< 5	--
1938		354	338	< 5	--
1937		326	354	6	3,189
1936		334	342	< 5	--
1935		325	355	< 5	--
1934		322	351	< 5	--
1933		303	364	< 5	--
1932		341	343	< 5	--
1931		347	342	< 5	--
1930		386	332	< 5	--
1929		343	352	< 5	--
1928		366	355	5	4,174
1927		446	316	< 5	--
1926		494	300	< 5	--
1925		560	281	< 5	--
1924		605	266	< 5	--
1923		596	263	< 5	--
1922		612	263	< 5	--
1921		619	267	6	3,887
1920		624	263	< 5	--
1919		609	258	< 5	--
1918		573	264	< 5	--
1917		610	253	< 5	--
1916		595	248	< 5	--
1915		624	239	< 5	--
1914		472	244	< 5	--
1913		387	247	< 5	--
1912		371	235	< 5	--
1911		296	230	5	1,750
1910		287	225	< 5	--
1909		244	229	< 5	--
1908		245	219	< 5	--
1907		247	207	< 5	--
1906		240	198	< 5	--
1905		269	186	< 5	--
1904		255	188	< 5	--
1903		242	188	< 5	--
1902		255	181	< 5	--
1901		244	179	< 5	--
1900		335	165	< 5	--
1899		281	159	< 5	--
1898		341	146	< 5	--
1897		315	148	< 5	--
1896		320	147	< 5	--
1895		303	147	< 5	--
1894		329	132	< 5	--
1893		281	146	< 5	--
1892		331	131	< 5	--
1891		266	135	< 5	--
1890		275	135	< 5	--
1889		252	137	< 5	--
1888		236	140	< 5	--
1887		251	120	< 5	--
1886		226	126	< 5	--
1885		240	112	< 5	--
1884		205	123	< 5	--
1883		209	110	< 5	--
1882		196	111	< 5	--
1881		145	118	< 5	--
1880		167	108	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.