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How popular is “Amy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Amy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Amy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Amy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Amy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Amy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 167 0.00082885 167 100%
1881 145 0.000752504 145 100%
1882 196 0.000884744 196 100%
1883 209 0.000963378 209 100%
1884 205 0.000842024 205 100%
1885 240 0.000996454 240 100%
1886 226 0.000885174 226 100%
1887 251 0.00101458 251 100%
1888 236 0.000788051 236 100%
1889 252 0.000872135 252 100%
1890 275 0.000912406 275 100%
1891 266 0.000927893 266 100%
1892 331 0.00098991 331 100%
1893 281 0.000864023 281 100%
1894 329 0.00097139 329 100%
1895 303 0.000863196 303 100%
1896 320 0.000895145 320 100%
1897 315 0.000907893 315 100%
1898 341 0.000893943 341 100%
1899 281 0.000828339 281 100%
1900 335 0.000744013 335 100%
1901 244 0.000705586 244 100%
1902 255 0.000659371 255 100%
1903 242 0.000634834 242 100%
1904 255 0.000631994 255 100%
1905 269 0.000634546 269 100%
1906 240 0.000560157 240 100%
1907 247 0.000530735 247 100%
1908 245 0.000501379 245 100%
1909 244 0.000477286 244 100%
1910 287 0.000485854 287 100%
1911 301 0.000467189 296 5 97%
1912 371 0.000375483 371 100%
1913 387 0.000340336 387 100%
1914 472 0.000333252 472 100%
1915 624 0.000340531 624 100%
1916 595 0.000307586 595 100%
1917 610 0.000303973 610 100%
1918 573 0.00026392 573 100%
1919 609 0.000288591 609 100%
1920 624 0.000275783 624 100%
1921 625 0.000267723 619 6 98%
1922 612 0.000267348 612 100%
1923 596 0.00025885 596 100%
1924 604 0.000253609 604 100%
1925 560 0.000240001 560 100%
1926 494 0.000215167 494 100%
1927 446 0.000192295 446 100%
1928 371 0.000164094 366 5 97%
1929 343 0.000156466 343 100%
1930 386 0.000173617 386 100%
1931 347 0.000164897 347 100%
1932 341 0.000161515 341 100%
1933 303 0.000151545 303 100%
1934 322 0.000155049 322 100%
1935 325 0.000155516 325 100%
1936 334 0.000160768 334 100%
1937 332 0.000155823 326 6 96%
1938 354 0.000159995 354 100%
1939 364 0.000165199 364 100%
1940 390 0.000169374 390 100%
1941 424 0.000174032 424 100%
1942 473 0.000173151 473 100%
1943 469 0.000166164 464 5 98%
1944 447 0.000166171 447 100%
1945 439 0.000165482 439 100%
1946 520 0.000162742 520 100%
1947 577 0.000160179 577 100%
1948 611 0.000176974 611 100%
1949 984 0.000282376 984 100%
1950 1184 0.000337957 1184 100%
1951 1445 0.000392262 1445 100%
1952 1750 0.000460765 1750 100%
1953 2311 0.000599698 2306 5 100%
1954 2684 0.000674252 2676 8 99%
1955 3199 0.000796749 3192 7 100%
1956 3547 0.000860278 3547 100%
1957 4087 0.000972518 4080 7 100%
1958 4830 0.001168709 4819 11 100%
1959 5591 0.00134505 5581 10 100%
1960 5985 0.001440679 5974 11 100%
1961 6630 0.001601091 6612 18 99%
1962 7204 0.001785357 7185 19 99%
1963 8240 0.002081549 8228 12 100%
1964 9604 0.002470372 9576 28 99%
1965 11552 0.003186209 11530 22 100%
1966 13032 0.003749535 13000 32 100%
1967 16157 0.004759043 16124 33 100%
1968 17137 0.005072284 17092 45 99%
1969 21529 0.006194244 21462 67 99%
1970 25274 0.007007263 25211 63 100%
1971 26312 0.00766559 26237 75 99%
1972 25945 0.008254014 25873 72 99%
1973 27050 0.008965501 26964 86 99%
1974 29657 0.009754931 29564 93 99%
1975 32343 0.01071056 32254 89 99%
1976 31432 0.010357756 31338 94 99%
1977 26805 0.008437994 26731 74 99%
1978 23273 0.007331947 23212 61 99%
1979 21676 0.006514566 21612 64 99%
1980 19894 0.005775016 19834 60 99%
1981 20409 0.005899257 20346 63 99%
1982 18853 0.005374012 18800 53 99%
1983 17153 0.00495259 17096 57 99%
1984 16057 0.004602526 15991 66 99%
1985 14477 0.004056302 14428 49 99%
1986 13514 0.003799321 13455 59 99%
1987 11837 0.003283095 11786 51 99%
1988 10075 0.002726835 10035 40 99%
1989 8925 0.002321617 8898 27 99%
1990 8490 0.002148222 8463 27 99%
1991 7293 0.001872406 7275 18 100%
1992 6357 0.001655053 6341 16 99%
1993 5432 0.001440855 5420 12 100%
1994 4700 0.00126434 4691 9 100%
1995 4535 0.001238432 4529 6 100%
1996 4076 0.001117656 4067 9 100%
1997 3697 0.001019714 3690 7 100%
1998 3491 0.000949162 3485 6 100%
1999 3212 0.000869608 3207 5 100%
2000 3178 0.000840826 3173 5 100%
2001 2944 0.000786515 2938 6 100%
2002 3102 0.000829901 3095 7 100%
2003 2888 0.000759648 2880 8 99%
2004 3126 0.000818248 3115 11 99%
2005 2967 0.000771819 2957 10 99%
2006 2745 0.000694003 2745 100%
2007 2829 0.000707843 2829 100%
2008 2551 0.000649204 2541 10 99%
2009 2490 0.000652033 2484 6 100%
2010 2283 0.000617958 2283 100%
2011 2195 0.000600332 2190 5 100%
2012 2236 0.000611645 2236 100%
2013 2239 0.000614493 2239 100%
2014 2198 0.000593383 2193 5 100%
2015 2042 0.000552132 2042 100%
2016 1845 0.000503293 1845 100%
2017 1738 0.000486459 1738 100%
2018 1510 0.000429985 1510 100%
2019 1479 0.000426739 1479 100%
2020 1335 0.000400422 1335 100%
2021 1563 0.000462465 1563 100%
2022 1408 0.000418811 1408 100%