Amy
Girl · AY-mee · French
Amy is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 344th for girls in the UK (138 babies) and 257th for girls in the US (1,200 babies).
What does Amy mean?
French: from Old French Amee
“beloved”
Amy Johnson (1903-1941) was the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia.
- Say it
- AY-mee
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Is Amy a girl's or a boy's name?
Amy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 138 girls in the UK and 1,200 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 138about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 138 girls in the UK were named Amy, making it the 344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 232nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5,909 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. 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 Amy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #289, up from #344 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 366th in England and Wales, 217th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#44), 1914 (#57), 1924 (#100), 1984 (#10), 1994 (#7), 2004 (#13) and 2014 (#82).
Amy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 138 | #344 |
| 2024 | 139 | #348 |
| 2023 | 134 | #356 |
| 2022 | 167 | #298 |
| 2021 | 222 | #244 |
| 2020 | 226 | #232 |
| 2019 | 292 | #191 |
| 2018 | 353 | #172 |
| 2017 | 456 | #136 |
| 2016 | 568 | #115 |
| 2015 | 653 | #102 |
| 2014 | 837 | #74 |
| 2013 | 916 | #72 |
| 2012 | 1,261 | #53 |
| 2011 | 1,522 | #44 |
| 2010 | 1,911 | #36 |
| 2009 | 2,472 | #23 |
| 2008 | 2,154 | #31 |
| 2007 | 2,592 | #19 |
| 2006 | 2,882 | #18 |
| 2005 | 3,351 | #14 |
| 2004 | 4,026 | #10 |
| 2003 | 3,578 | #15 |
| 2002 | 3,665 | #14 |
| 2001 | 3,961 | #12 |
| 2000 | 4,448 | #12 |
| 1999 | 4,688 | #11 |
| 1998 | 5,144 | #10 |
| 1997 | 5,517 | #10 |
| 1996 | 5,909 | #9 |
How popular is Amy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #257among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,200about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,200 girls in the US were named Amy, making it the 257th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 215th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 32,254 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Amy than any year since 1950.
Half of all the girls named Amy in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,754 girls in the US were given Amy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #207, up from #257 for this spelling alone.
Amy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,200 | #257 |
| 2024 | 1,349 | #227 |
| 2023 | 1,493 | #199 |
| 2022 | 1,415 | #206 |
| 2021 | 1,565 | #189 |
| 2020 | 1,340 | #215 |
| 2019 | 1,481 | #204 |
| 2018 | 1,511 | #204 |
| 2017 | 1,740 | #174 |
| 2016 | 1,846 | #176 |
| 2015 | 2,043 | #158 |
| 2014 | 2,193 | #148 |
| 2013 | 2,239 | #139 |
| 2012 | 2,238 | #145 |
| 2011 | 2,191 | #143 |
| 2010 | 2,283 | #136 |
| 2009 | 2,484 | #130 |
| 2008 | 2,541 | #133 |
| 2007 | 2,829 | #119 |
| 2006 | 2,747 | #128 |
| 2005 | 2,957 | #111 |
| 2004 | 3,116 | #106 |
| 2003 | 2,880 | #120 |
| 2002 | 3,095 | #110 |
| 2001 | 2,938 | #114 |
| 2000 | 3,173 | #105 |
| 1999 | 3,207 | #105 |
| 1998 | 3,485 | #96 |
| 1997 | 3,691 | #92 |
| 1996 | 4,067 | #88 |
| 1995 | 4,528 | #75 |
| 1994 | 4,691 | #77 |
| 1993 | 5,420 | #65 |
| 1992 | 6,340 | #51 |
| 1991 | 7,275 | #43 |
| 1990 | 8,463 | #38 |
| 1989 | 8,899 | #35 |
| 1988 | 10,034 | #29 |
| 1987 | 11,786 | #24 |
| 1986 | 13,452 | #22 |
| 1985 | 14,429 | #20 |
| 1984 | 15,988 | #13 |
| 1983 | 17,097 | #12 |
| 1982 | 18,799 | #10 |
| 1981 | 20,345 | #6 |
| 1980 | 19,833 | #8 |
| 1979 | 21,609 | #5 |
| 1978 | 23,213 | #4 |
| 1977 | 26,729 | #3 |
| 1976 | 31,339 | #2 |
| 1975 | 32,254 | #2 |
| 1974 | 29,566 | #2 |
| 1973 | 26,962 | #2 |
| 1972 | 25,873 | #5 |
| 1971 | 26,237 | #5 |
| 1970 | 25,212 | #5 |
| 1969 | 21,464 | #6 |
| 1968 | 17,090 | #13 |
| 1967 | 16,122 | #12 |
| 1966 | 12,998 | #30 |
| 1965 | 11,530 | #35 |
| 1964 | 9,576 | #44 |
| 1963 | 8,227 | #54 |
| 1962 | 7,185 | #61 |
| 1961 | 6,610 | #69 |
| 1960 | 5,973 | #77 |
| 1959 | 5,580 | #85 |
| 1958 | 4,823 | #97 |
| 1957 | 4,081 | #114 |
| 1956 | 3,546 | #122 |
| 1955 | 3,192 | #134 |
| 1954 | 2,676 | #139 |
| 1953 | 2,306 | #152 |
| 1952 | 1,750 | #175 |
| 1951 | 1,445 | #200 |
| 1950 | 1,184 | #218 |
| 1949 | 984 | #237 |
| 1948 | 611 | #310 |
| 1947 | 577 | #328 |
| 1946 | 520 | #328 |
| 1945 | 439 | #328 |
| 1944 | 447 | #319 |
| 1943 | 463 | #327 |
| 1942 | 473 | #319 |
| 1941 | 424 | #320 |
| 1940 | 390 | #321 |
| 1939 | 364 | #329 |
| 1938 | 354 | #338 |
| 1937 | 326 | #355 |
| 1936 | 334 | #342 |
| 1935 | 325 | #354 |
| 1934 | 322 | #351 |
| 1933 | 303 | #364 |
| 1932 | 341 | #343 |
| 1931 | 347 | #342 |
| 1930 | 386 | #332 |
| 1929 | 343 | #352 |
| 1928 | 366 | #355 |
| 1927 | 446 | #316 |
| 1926 | 494 | #300 |
| 1925 | 560 | #281 |
| 1924 | 604 | #266 |
| 1923 | 596 | #263 |
| 1922 | 612 | #263 |
| 1921 | 619 | #267 |
| 1920 | 624 | #263 |
| 1919 | 609 | #258 |
| 1918 | 573 | #264 |
| 1917 | 610 | #253 |
| 1916 | 595 | #248 |
| 1915 | 624 | #239 |
| 1914 | 472 | #244 |
| 1913 | 387 | #247 |
| 1912 | 371 | #235 |
| 1911 | 296 | #230 |
| 1910 | 287 | #225 |
| 1909 | 244 | #229 |
| 1908 | 245 | #218 |
| 1907 | 247 | #207 |
| 1906 | 240 | #198 |
| 1905 | 269 | #186 |
| 1904 | 255 | #188 |
| 1903 | 242 | #188 |
| 1902 | 255 | #181 |
| 1901 | 244 | #179 |
| 1900 | 335 | #165 |
| 1899 | 281 | #159 |
| 1898 | 341 | #146 |
| 1897 | 315 | #148 |
| 1896 | 320 | #147 |
| 1895 | 303 | #147 |
| 1894 | 329 | #132 |
| 1893 | 281 | #146 |
| 1892 | 331 | #131 |
| 1891 | 266 | #135 |
| 1890 | 275 | #135 |
| 1889 | 252 | #137 |
| 1888 | 236 | #140 |
| 1887 | 251 | #120 |
| 1886 | 226 | #126 |
| 1885 | 240 | #112 |
| 1884 | 205 | #123 |
| 1883 | 209 | #110 |
| 1882 | 196 | #111 |
| 1881 | 145 | #118 |
| 1880 | 167 | #108 |
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