NameTides

Amy

Amy was the #257 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,200 babies), and #366 in England & Wales and #288 in Canada.

Amy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Amy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandUSCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Amy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#257 (1,200)#366 (117)#217 (17)#334 (4)#138 (33)#288 (108)——
2024#227 (1,349)#363 (120)#275 (13)#253 (6)#156 (29)#346 (87)——
2023#199 (1,493)#379 (110)#236 (16)#209 (8)#114 (41)#244 (116)——
2022#206 (1,415)#336 (129)#156 (27)#175 (11)#116 (45)#224 (129)——
2021#189 (1,565)#285 (166)#126 (35)#108 (21)#84 (67)#241 (130)——
2020#215 (1,340)#279 (167)#115 (39)#103 (20)#80 (65)#196 (146)——
2019#204 (1,481)#212 (232)#136 (35)#86 (25)#63 (93)#188 (152)——
2018#204 (1,511)#189 (278)#101 (46)#80 (29)#62 (99)#172 (171)——
2017#174 (1,740)#148 (368)#71 (61)#87 (27)#44 (136)#151 (198)——
2016#176 (1,846)#129 (440)#58 (89)#61 (39)#45 (133)#109 (259)——
2015#158 (2,043)#117 (497)#42 (112)#50 (44)#36 (185)#132 (236)——
2014#148 (2,193)#82 (668)#44 (111)#40 (58)#30 (191)#114 (264)—#100 (54)
2013#139 (2,239)#76 (718)#35 (140)#40 (58)#26 (226)#120 (258)—#87 (60)
2012#145 (2,238)#62 (995)#23 (195)#34 (71)#25 (253)#115 (266)#90 (81)#89 (57)
2011#143 (2,191)#51 (1,213)#25 (220)#29 (89)#25 (289)#103 (285)—#88 (59)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #2.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 640common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #343WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #312ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #172NYMassachusetts: #273MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #296OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #221NJConnecticut: #298CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #179CAUtah: #249UTColorado: #254CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #189AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #291NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #211GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #243TXFlorida: #174FL
Amy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#26547
Quebec2025#28619

Amy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmyCanadaGirls#288108
AmyEngland & WalesGirls#366117
Amy-England & WalesGirls—too few
AmyIrelandGirls#13833
AmyNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
AmyNSWGirls—too few
AmyScotlandGirls#21717
AmyUSGirls#2571,200
AmyUSBoys—too few
AmyVICGirls—too few