Ammi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-mee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Ammi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my people”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ammi mean?
Hebrew: biblical word
“my people”
In Hosea the prophet's child Lo-Ammi, 'not my people', is renamed Ammi, 'my people'.
Is Ammi a girl's or a boy's name?
Ammi is a girls' name.
How popular is Ammi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Ammi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ammi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Ammi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nyomi Zuri Aaliyah Demi Salem Kobi Hadassah Amira Zainab Safa Hawa Ayla
Names related to Ammi
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ammi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ammi, updated 20 October 2026.