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Amy

Pronounced /ˈeɪ.mi/

Rank in 2024
#10,823
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1976 · #865
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:1,344 in 2024 (#228)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 7 boys were named Amy, about 1 in every 245,045.
  • It peaked in 1976 with 94 babies, ranked #865.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1911.
  • 1,853 boys have been named Amy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Amy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 16 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 136 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,030 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 562 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 86 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).

  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈeɪ.mi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Amy, CC BY-SA 4.0.