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Ami

#4,667 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Ami has been given to 8,100 babies in the U.S. since 1947. In 2025 it ranked #4,667 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1975, with 334 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Ami, 2025

1 in 114,000

Ami over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ami over time

In 2025, Ami went to 69% girls and 31% boys.

19472025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ami: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ami means

Ami has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Ami

One of the source’s documented entries for Ami records a meaning of trustworthy, reliable.

A separate documented entry treats Ami as a variant of Amy. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Ami is documented with more than one possible Japanese character combination. The Latin-letter spelling records a pronunciation; it does not specify one unique kanji spelling or one universal meaning.

Possible character meanings include second, Asia, beautiful.

One of the source’s documented entries for Ami records a meaning of my people.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,678 girls were recorded with the name Ami between 1947 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 334 in 1975; its best national rank was #525 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,287 in 2020 to #4,667 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,772 in 2015 to #4,667 in 2025.

In the United States, 422 boys were recorded with the name Ami between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,026 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,525 in 2020 to #6,464 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,517 in 2015 to #6,464 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ami?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 114,000
29 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 55,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,667
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
79,239 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ami sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ami. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ami was born before 1981 — so the typical Ami is around 44 today.

Median birth year
1981
About 44 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,673
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (2,772).

Is Ami rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,732
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,380
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−895
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.72×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.7%
Peak was 1975 (334)
Years since peak
50
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#525
1975

Where Ami is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ami was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 32,109 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in 20,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 25,000
  5. 5Indiana1 in 25,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 25,000
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 25,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ami has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ami is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ami was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 992,146 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ami has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ami around the world

Where Ami ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1980–2011
    #579
    in 2011
  • Northern Ireland
    2001–2008
    #370
    in 2008
  • Ireland
    1985–2009
    #893
    in 2009
  • France
    1979–2025
    #2,239
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1956–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ami

People whose public names include Ami, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ami in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ami. Linked forms have their own page here.

AmyAni

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ami by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,667
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,380
Best rank ever
#525
1975
Peak year
1975
334 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,678
Count in 2025
29

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,464
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,061
Best rank ever
#3,026
2007
Peak year
2007
38 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
422
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Ami

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ami

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ami, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ami

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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