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Ami

Girl · AY-mee · French

Ami is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).

What does Ami mean?

French: spelling of Amy, from Old French amee; also a Hebrew and Japanese name

“beloved”

Amy comes from Old French amee, 'beloved', from Latin amatus.

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Is Ami a girl's or a boy's name?

Ami is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 29 girls and 13 boys in the US.

How popular is Ami in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ami, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 75 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ami in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. 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 Ami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #289, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 75 in 19962025
Ami in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20244#4,907
20235#4,251
20223#5,885
20210–
20208#3,009
201910#2,590
20184#4,914
201710#2,652
20168#3,105
201511#2,458
201415#1,976
201321#1,559
201227#1,293
201129#1,216
201032#1,112
200946#824
200839#908
200736#924
200656#644
200557#624
200465#541
200362#553
200256#577
200157#558
200061#523
199969#481
199865#500
199765#496
199675#444

How popular is Ami in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,660among girls
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 55,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ami, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 1975, with 334 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947. 13 boys were also named Ami in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Ami than any year since 1962.

Half of all the girls named Ami in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,754 girls in the US were given Ami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #207, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 97% of the babies named Ami in the US in 1972, and 69% in 2025.

1947Busiest: 334 in 19752025
Ami in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202529#4,660
202456#2,930
202374#2,415
202258#2,894
202161#2,784
202047#3,281
201946#3,387
201841#3,676
201743#3,551
201641#3,707
201540#3,766
201459#2,886
201351#3,165
201267#2,654
201153#3,131
201065#2,726
200964#2,778
200879#2,419
200769#2,647
200676#2,438
200589#2,087
200460#2,707
200366#2,462
200264#2,464
200158#2,596
200066#2,328
199964#2,304
199873#2,023
199771#1,999
199675#1,913
199584#1,726
1994103#1,507
199380#1,811
199282#1,770
1991115#1,391
1990105#1,475
1989109#1,380
1988132#1,156
1987170#950
1986186#886
1985179#893
1984164#909
1983170#890
1982182#853
1981212#768
1980243#700
1979283#621
1978265#630
1977271#618
1976331#529
1975334#525
1974306#549
1973307#543
1972230#658
1971220#692
1970225#697
1969173#774
196897#1,074
196794#1,071
196657#1,463
196567#1,337
196446#1,708
196337#1,921
196225#2,413
196133#2,035
196031#2,060
195914#3,253
195823#2,375
195717#2,822
195616#2,928
195516#2,838
19548#4,276
19535#5,672
19527#4,482
19518#4,010
19506#4,736
19490–
19480–
19475#5,293

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