Amy

What Amy means

Means “beloved”

Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amy” (revision 94534448), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amy?

US: Falling: down from #158 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #117 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1975, when 32,254 girls got the name (#2 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,339 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,165 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,052 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MD (1.7 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.41 per 1,000 girls), NE (1.27 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amy is #257 in the US and #366 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amy were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emmy695 US · 105 E&W
• Emi303 US · 27 E&W
• Eimy238 US
• Ema164 US · 37 E&W
• Uma55 US · 29 E&W
• Emy63 US · 7 E&W
• Ammy40 US
• Aima8 US · 31 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Aimee
• Amey
• Amee
• Ameigh
• Amie
• Amye

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Amy

Girls

• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Laura#379“laurel tree”^*
• Gloria#654“glory”^*
• Barbara#968“strange, foreign”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Paul#262“small”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Martin#335“of or like Mars”^*
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amy’s. Rank is US 2025.