Amity

Gender: Girl
Say it: AM-i-tee
Origin: English
US rank, 2025: #3,974 for girls

Amity is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “friendship”. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).

What does Amity mean?

English: English word, from Old French amitie

“friendship”

English word for peaceful, friendly relations, ultimately from Latin amicus 'friend'.

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

Amity is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Amity in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Amity in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 9 in 20112024

Amity in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	3	#5,966
2023	1	#7,582
2022	5	#4,168
2021	6	#3,697
2020	7	#3,274
2019	0	–
2018	7	#3,344
2017	7	#3,395
2016	7	#3,389
2015	4	#4,951
2014	7	#3,321
2013	9	#2,796
2012	5	#4,390
2011	9	#2,794
2010	6	#3,715
2009	6	#3,603
2008	6	#3,589
2007	3	#5,415
2006	5	#3,724
2005	7	#2,806
2004	0	–
2003	8	#2,320
2002	3	#4,284

How popular is Amity in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,974among girls
Babies in 2025: 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 62% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Amity, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1979, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.

2025 had fewer girls named Amity than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Amity in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1960Busiest: 119 in 19792025

Amity in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	36	#3,974
2024	53	#3,047
2023	67	#2,614
2022	61	#2,792
2021	38	#3,881
2020	32	#4,261
2019	27	#4,908
2018	37	#3,917
2017	36	#4,065
2016	42	#3,656
2015	39	#3,841
2014	27	#5,023
2013	30	#4,643
2012	25	#5,396
2011	28	#4,913
2010	27	#5,106
2009	28	#5,096
2008	32	#4,646
2007	18	#7,088
2006	11	#9,897
2005	26	#4,954
2004	28	#4,703
2003	19	#6,050
2002	36	#3,650
2001	35	#3,699
2000	27	#4,395
1999	22	#4,864
1998	28	#4,020
1997	28	#3,894
1996	25	#4,179
1995	20	#4,841
1994	19	#5,011
1993	27	#3,872
1992	33	#3,337
1991	21	#4,644
1990	25	#3,998
1989	23	#4,115
1988	25	#3,685
1987	30	#3,098
1986	21	#3,888
1985	19	#4,125
1984	39	#2,420
1983	28	#2,974
1982	39	#2,451
1981	69	#1,663
1980	77	#1,528
1979	119	#1,125
1978	88	#1,347
1977	84	#1,345
1976	94	#1,206
1975	75	#1,404
1974	60	#1,578
1973	43	#1,913
1972	33	#2,276
1971	26	#2,736
1970	16	#3,711
1969	11	#4,417
1968	5	#7,014
1967	0	–
1966	0	–
1965	5	#6,538
1964	6	#6,008
1963	5	#6,591
1962	0	–
1961	5	#6,566
1960	5	#6,389

Names like Amity

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Amity

Amita

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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, “Amity: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amity, updated 20 October 2026.