Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Amy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Amy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1975

Peak rank proxy

32,253

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19752024

Peak year

1975

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

1,344

All-time

700,417

Amy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1975, when 32,253 girls were named Amy.

In 2024, only 1,344 girls were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 700,417 Americans have been named Amy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

197532,253 girls named Amy

20241,344 girls named Amy

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