Aimee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-mee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,581 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland, big in Northern Ireland
Aimee is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 1,581st for girls in the US (133 babies).
What does Aimee mean?
French
“beloved”
From French aimee, 'beloved', the same source as the older English name Amy.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Aimee a girl's or a boy's name?
Aimee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 133 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aimee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,460th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Aimee, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 570th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 1,631 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Aimee since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aimee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 175 girls in the UK were given Aimee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #289, up from #1,460 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#85), 1994 (#67) and 2004 (#47).
Aimee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 49 | #792 |
| 2021 | 54 | #756 |
| 2020 | 76 | #570 |
| 2019 | 75 | #584 |
| 2018 | 102 | #478 |
| 2017 | 155 | #334 |
| 2016 | 181 | #303 |
| 2015 | 216 | #254 |
| 2014 | 356 | #174 |
| 2013 | 403 | #145 |
| 2012 | 533 | #120 |
| 2011 | 765 | #92 |
| 2010 | 999 | #71 |
| 2009 | 1,223 | #56 |
| 2008 | 1,041 | #72 |
| 2007 | 1,127 | #63 |
| 2006 | 1,273 | #50 |
| 2005 | 1,509 | #44 |
| 2004 | 1,631 | #36 |
| 2003 | 1,435 | #41 |
| 2002 | 1,088 | #54 |
| 2001 | 992 | #55 |
| 2000 | 957 | #59 |
| 1999 | 1,015 | #57 |
| 1998 | 1,063 | #63 |
| 1997 | 1,225 | #53 |
| 1996 | 1,030 | #62 |
How popular is Aimee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,581st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 133 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 133 girls in the US were named Aimee, making it the 1,581st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,432nd. Its busiest year was 1977, with 2,288 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aimee than any year since 1956.
Half of all the girls named Aimee in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,754 girls in the US were given Aimee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #207, up from #1,581 for this spelling alone.
Aimee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,581 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 159 | #1,407 |
| 2022 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,337 |
| 2020 | 152 | #1,432 |
| 2019 | 182 | #1,274 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,223 |
| 2017 | 236 | #1,075 |
| 2016 | 261 | #1,012 |
| 2015 | 301 | #911 |
| 2014 | 338 | #819 |
| 2013 | 359 | #755 |
| 2012 | 314 | #849 |
| 2011 | 412 | #682 |
| 2010 | 474 | #621 |
| 2009 | 344 | #821 |
| 2008 | 375 | #783 |
| 2007 | 343 | #834 |
| 2006 | 358 | #768 |
| 2005 | 403 | #688 |
| 2004 | 414 | #660 |
| 2003 | 481 | #577 |
| 2002 | 470 | #565 |
| 2001 | 449 | #572 |
| 2000 | 468 | #557 |
| 1999 | 523 | #498 |
| 1998 | 540 | #476 |
| 1997 | 640 | #408 |
| 1996 | 675 | #391 |
| 1995 | 807 | #331 |
| 1994 | 923 | #293 |
| 1993 | 880 | #304 |
| 1992 | 880 | #314 |
| 1991 | 945 | #294 |
| 1990 | 1,019 | #272 |
| 1989 | 1,012 | #263 |
| 1988 | 1,088 | #242 |
| 1987 | 1,229 | #214 |
| 1986 | 1,318 | #197 |
| 1985 | 1,274 | #205 |
| 1984 | 1,237 | #210 |
| 1983 | 1,481 | #184 |
| 1982 | 1,451 | #187 |
| 1981 | 1,506 | #182 |
| 1980 | 1,590 | #174 |
| 1979 | 1,814 | #156 |
| 1978 | 1,905 | #144 |
| 1977 | 2,288 | #127 |
| 1976 | 2,248 | #123 |
| 1975 | 2,031 | #136 |
| 1974 | 1,857 | #148 |
| 1973 | 2,280 | #126 |
| 1972 | 1,875 | #154 |
| 1971 | 1,733 | #177 |
| 1970 | 1,376 | #227 |
| 1969 | 972 | #288 |
| 1968 | 640 | #350 |
| 1967 | 580 | #379 |
| 1966 | 367 | #489 |
| 1965 | 294 | #554 |
| 1964 | 252 | #644 |
| 1963 | 202 | #720 |
| 1962 | 164 | #816 |
| 1961 | 178 | #785 |
| 1960 | 162 | #817 |
| 1959 | 145 | #848 |
| 1958 | 139 | #865 |
| 1957 | 140 | #859 |
| 1956 | 96 | #1,042 |
| 1955 | 105 | #966 |
| 1954 | 104 | #944 |
| 1953 | 99 | #947 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,392 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,696 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,544 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,933 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,350 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,312 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,126 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,285 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,069 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 14 | #936 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 16 | #941 |
| 1899 | 21 | #680 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 23 | #651 |
| 1895 | 13 | #893 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 |
| 1892 | 15 | #762 |
| 1891 | 14 | #727 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 |
| 1889 | 16 | #641 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 18 | #524 |
| 1886 | 17 | #540 |
| 1885 | 17 | #520 |
| 1884 | 15 | #541 |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 |
| 1882 | 13 | #507 |
| 1881 | 11 | #503 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
Names like Aimee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amber, Jasmine, Molly, Chloe, Erin, Zoe, Leah, Holly, Hannah, Ellie, Abigail, Emily
Other spellings of Aimee
Amy, Amie, Ami, Eimi, Eimy, Ammy, Eymi, Eimmy, Amee, Aymee, Ame
Names related to Aimee
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aimee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aimee, updated 20 October 2026.