How popular is “Amy” in the USA?
Number of people named “Amy” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Amy” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Amy” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Amy” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Amy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Amy” by birth year
This chart shows how “Amy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 167 | 0.00082885 | 167 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 145 | 0.000752512 | 145 | 100% | |
| 1882 | 196 | 0.000884744 | 196 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 209 | 0.000963373 | 209 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 205 | 0.000842024 | 205 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 240 | 0.000996454 | 240 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 226 | 0.000885178 | 226 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 251 | 0.001014584 | 251 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 236 | 0.000788048 | 236 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 252 | 0.000872135 | 252 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 275 | 0.000912406 | 275 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 266 | 0.000927886 | 266 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 331 | 0.00098991 | 331 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 281 | 0.000864023 | 281 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 329 | 0.00097139 | 329 | 100% | |
| 1895 | 303 | 0.000863199 | 303 | 100% | |
| 1896 | 320 | 0.000895145 | 320 | 100% | |
| 1897 | 315 | 0.000907893 | 315 | 100% | |
| 1898 | 341 | 0.000893946 | 341 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 281 | 0.000828337 | 281 | 100% | |
| 1900 | 335 | 0.000744018 | 335 | 100% | |
| 1901 | 244 | 0.000705586 | 244 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 255 | 0.00065937 | 255 | 100% | |
| 1903 | 242 | 0.000634837 | 242 | 100% | |
| 1904 | 255 | 0.000631994 | 255 | 100% | |
| 1905 | 269 | 0.000634551 | 269 | 100% | |
| 1906 | 240 | 0.000560157 | 240 | 100% | |
| 1907 | 247 | 0.000530738 | 247 | 100% | |
| 1908 | 245 | 0.000501382 | 245 | 100% | |
| 1909 | 244 | 0.000477286 | 244 | 100% | |
| 1910 | 287 | 0.000485855 | 287 | 100% | |
| 1911 | 301 | 0.00046719 | 296 | 5 | 97% |
| 1912 | 371 | 0.000375483 | 371 | 100% | |
| 1913 | 387 | 0.000340336 | 387 | 100% | |
| 1914 | 472 | 0.000333252 | 472 | 100% | |
| 1915 | 624 | 0.000340532 | 624 | 100% | |
| 1916 | 595 | 0.000307586 | 595 | 100% | |
| 1917 | 610 | 0.000303974 | 610 | 100% | |
| 1918 | 573 | 0.00026392 | 573 | 100% | |
| 1919 | 609 | 0.000288592 | 609 | 100% | |
| 1920 | 624 | 0.000275784 | 624 | 100% | |
| 1921 | 625 | 0.000267723 | 619 | 6 | 98% |
| 1922 | 612 | 0.000267347 | 612 | 100% | |
| 1923 | 596 | 0.000258851 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1924 | 604 | 0.00025361 | 604 | 100% | |
| 1925 | 560 | 0.000240003 | 560 | 100% | |
| 1926 | 494 | 0.000215166 | 494 | 100% | |
| 1927 | 446 | 0.000192295 | 446 | 100% | |
| 1928 | 371 | 0.000164091 | 366 | 5 | 97% |
| 1929 | 343 | 0.000156467 | 343 | 100% | |
| 1930 | 386 | 0.000173617 | 386 | 100% | |
| 1931 | 347 | 0.000164894 | 347 | 100% | |
| 1932 | 341 | 0.000161513 | 341 | 100% | |
| 1933 | 303 | 0.000151542 | 303 | 100% | |
| 1934 | 322 | 0.000155045 | 322 | 100% | |
| 1935 | 325 | 0.00015551 | 325 | 100% | |
| 1936 | 334 | 0.000160764 | 334 | 100% | |
| 1937 | 332 | 0.00015582 | 326 | 6 | 96% |
| 1938 | 354 | 0.000159995 | 354 | 100% | |
| 1939 | 364 | 0.000165196 | 364 | 100% | |
| 1940 | 390 | 0.000169368 | 390 | 100% | |
| 1941 | 424 | 0.000174025 | 424 | 100% | |
| 1942 | 473 | 0.000173145 | 473 | 100% | |
| 1943 | 468 | 0.000165807 | 463 | 5 | 98% |
| 1944 | 447 | 0.000166166 | 447 | 100% | |
| 1945 | 439 | 0.000165479 | 439 | 100% | |
| 1946 | 520 | 0.000162739 | 520 | 100% | |
| 1947 | 577 | 0.000160174 | 577 | 100% | |
| 1948 | 611 | 0.000176972 | 611 | 100% | |
| 1949 | 984 | 0.000282371 | 984 | 100% | |
| 1950 | 1184 | 0.000337961 | 1184 | 100% | |
| 1951 | 1445 | 0.000392264 | 1445 | 100% | |
| 1952 | 1750 | 0.000460768 | 1750 | 100% | |
| 1953 | 2311 | 0.000599692 | 2306 | 5 | 100% |
| 1954 | 2684 | 0.000674252 | 2676 | 8 | 99% |
| 1955 | 3199 | 0.000796746 | 3192 | 7 | 100% |
| 1956 | 3547 | 0.000860288 | 3547 | 100% | |
| 1957 | 4088 | 0.000972837 | 4081 | 7 | 100% |
| 1958 | 4833 | 0.001169113 | 4822 | 11 | 100% |
| 1959 | 5590 | 0.001344399 | 5580 | 10 | 100% |
| 1960 | 5984 | 0.001440603 | 5973 | 11 | 100% |
| 1961 | 6628 | 0.001600077 | 6610 | 18 | 99% |
| 1962 | 7204 | 0.001785213 | 7185 | 19 | 99% |
| 1963 | 8240 | 0.002081754 | 8228 | 12 | 100% |
| 1964 | 9603 | 0.002470158 | 9575 | 28 | 99% |
| 1965 | 11552 | 0.003186364 | 11530 | 22 | 100% |
| 1966 | 13030 | 0.003748934 | 12998 | 32 | 100% |
| 1967 | 16156 | 0.004758907 | 16123 | 33 | 100% |
| 1968 | 17137 | 0.0050725 | 17092 | 45 | 99% |
| 1969 | 21529 | 0.00619482 | 21462 | 67 | 99% |
| 1970 | 25276 | 0.00700843 | 25213 | 63 | 100% |
| 1971 | 26312 | 0.007665874 | 26237 | 75 | 99% |
| 1972 | 25944 | 0.008254549 | 25872 | 72 | 99% |
| 1973 | 27050 | 0.008966196 | 26964 | 86 | 99% |
| 1974 | 29657 | 0.009755596 | 29564 | 93 | 99% |
| 1975 | 32342 | 0.010711421 | 32253 | 89 | 99% |
| 1976 | 31433 | 0.010359226 | 31339 | 94 | 99% |
| 1977 | 26804 | 0.008438234 | 26730 | 74 | 99% |
| 1978 | 23275 | 0.007333319 | 23214 | 61 | 99% |
| 1979 | 21673 | 0.006514277 | 21609 | 64 | 99% |
| 1980 | 19893 | 0.005775284 | 19833 | 60 | 99% |
| 1981 | 20407 | 0.005899042 | 20344 | 63 | 99% |
| 1982 | 18853 | 0.005374345 | 18800 | 53 | 99% |
| 1983 | 17153 | 0.004952735 | 17096 | 57 | 99% |
| 1984 | 16056 | 0.004602215 | 15990 | 66 | 99% |
| 1985 | 14478 | 0.004056473 | 14429 | 49 | 99% |
| 1986 | 13510 | 0.003798061 | 13451 | 59 | 99% |
| 1987 | 11838 | 0.003283213 | 11787 | 51 | 99% |
| 1988 | 10074 | 0.002726355 | 10034 | 40 | 99% |
| 1989 | 8925 | 0.00232153 | 8898 | 27 | 99% |
| 1990 | 8491 | 0.002148272 | 8464 | 27 | 99% |
| 1991 | 7293 | 0.001872273 | 7275 | 18 | 100% |
| 1992 | 6356 | 0.00165466 | 6340 | 16 | 99% |
| 1993 | 5432 | 0.001440742 | 5420 | 12 | 100% |
| 1994 | 4700 | 0.001264238 | 4691 | 9 | 100% |
| 1995 | 4535 | 0.001238342 | 4529 | 6 | 100% |
| 1996 | 4076 | 0.001117571 | 4067 | 9 | 100% |
| 1997 | 3698 | 0.001019927 | 3691 | 7 | 100% |
| 1998 | 3491 | 0.000949104 | 3485 | 6 | 100% |
| 1999 | 3212 | 0.000869549 | 3207 | 5 | 100% |
| 2000 | 3178 | 0.000840762 | 3173 | 5 | 100% |
| 2001 | 2944 | 0.000786453 | 2938 | 6 | 100% |
| 2002 | 3102 | 0.000829791 | 3095 | 7 | 100% |
| 2003 | 2888 | 0.000759536 | 2880 | 8 | 99% |
| 2004 | 3126 | 0.000818127 | 3115 | 11 | 99% |
| 2005 | 2967 | 0.000771683 | 2957 | 10 | 99% |
| 2006 | 2745 | 0.00069385 | 2745 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 2829 | 0.00070766 | 2829 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 2551 | 0.000649 | 2541 | 10 | 99% |
| 2009 | 2490 | 0.000651803 | 2484 | 6 | 100% |
| 2010 | 2283 | 0.000617738 | 2283 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 2196 | 0.000600362 | 2191 | 5 | 100% |
| 2012 | 2238 | 0.000611916 | 2238 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 2239 | 0.000614154 | 2239 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 2198 | 0.000593032 | 2193 | 5 | 100% |
| 2015 | 2043 | 0.000552026 | 2043 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 1845 | 0.000502903 | 1845 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 1739 | 0.000486271 | 1739 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 1511 | 0.000429762 | 1511 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 1480 | 0.000426398 | 1480 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 1339 | 0.000400829 | 1339 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 1564 | 0.000461636 | 1564 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 1414 | 0.000417956 | 1414 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 1489 | 0.000449686 | 1489 | 100% | |
| 2024 | 1351 | 0.000405888 | 1344 | 7 | 99% |