Amey

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #12,420 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 94.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
851
since 1886

Amey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #1,108, 1886peak #8,140, 2017girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#12,3495
2023——
2022—#10,8636
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018—#10,7606
2017—#8,1409
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008—#12,5535
2007——
2006#12,4208#12,0555
2005—#11,4725
2004#10,6909—
2003——
2002—#8,4567
2001—#10,5565
2000——
1999#11,3857—
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993#13,4425—
1992#7,51211—
1991#9,3368—
1990#6,86712—
1989#9,6817—
1988#7,11110—
1987——
1986#5,45913—
1985#4,63516—
1984#5,89911—
1983#5,14813—
1982#4,02519—
1981#4,53216—
1980#3,00229—
1979#4,42016—
1978#3,51221—
1977#3,26723—
1976#2,60230—
1975#3,25921—
1974#2,61628—
1973#2,17136—
1972#2,39830—
1971#2,47730—
1970#2,77925—
1969#2,35030—
1968#3,78913—
1967#3,48414—
1966#3,74012—
1965#4,20210—
1964#4,35510—
1963#5,2967—
1962#4,8658—
1961#4,8828—
1960#5,6966—
1959#5,5666—
1958#6,1035—
1957#6,0865—
1956#5,3256—
1955#4,7407—
1954——
1953#5,0406—
1952#4,9086—
1951——
1950#3,6629—
1949#4,6736—
1948——
1947#4,3457—
1946#3,6658—
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1941——
1940#4,3495—
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1936#3,3767—
1935#4,2045—
1934——
1933——
1932#3,2748—
1931——
1930——
1929——
1928#4,7255—
1927#2,85911—
1926#4,3066—
1925——
1924#2,80912—
1923#3,12510—
1922#4,4456—
1921#3,16410—
1920#4,9755—
1919#3,00510—
1918#2,28915—
1917#3,7137—
1916#3,5527—
1915#2,68810—
1914#2,8767—
1913——
1912#2,6346—
1911#1,6569—
1910——
1909#2,2085—
1908——
1907#2,0615—
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1904——
1903——
1902#1,2199—
1901——
1900#1,9325—
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895#1,4266—
1894#1,3536—
1893——
1892#1,2786—
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1886#1,1085—
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Amey! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Amey is popular in 1978

No state had 5 or more girls named Amey in 1978, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Amey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #1,108 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,907
  • Highest: 1 in 28,907 girls born in 1886 were named Amey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,651 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 30.6% of all girls named Amey (260) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,108 (1886)#1,108
1890s18#1,278 (1892)#1,352
1900s24#1,219 (1902)#1,855
1910s71#1,656 (1911)#2,802
1920s65#2,809 (1924)#3,801
1930s20#3,274 (1932)#3,618
1940s26#3,665 (1946)#4,258
1950s50#3,662 (1950)#5,179
1960s118#2,350 (1969)#4,266
1970s260#2,171 (1973)#2,950
1980s134#3,002 (1980)#5,499
1990s43#6,867 (1990)#9,708
2000s17#10,690 (2004)#11,555

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amey in 1978

girls
#3,512
21 births · 1 in 72,946 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #3,512Amey21
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 72,946 of them was named Amey, which outranked 69.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amey
  1. #3,388Wynette22
  2. #3,388Yakima22
  3. #3,388Yarnell22
  4. #3,512Amey21
  5. #3,512Abbi21
  6. #3,512Adelle21
  7. #3,512Aleesha21
  8. #3,637Acacia20
  9. #3,637Alonda20
  10. #3,637Ambre20

Tied with 124 names at #3,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →