Name Trends

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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 0.000752512 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 0.000788048 236 100%
1889 252 0.000872135 252 100%
1890 275 0.000912406 275 100%
1891 266 0.00092789 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 0.000893946 341 100%
1899 281 0.000828337 281 100%
1900 335 0.000744016 335 100%
1901 244 0.000705586 244 100%
1902 255 0.00065937 255 100%
1903 242 0.000634834 242 100%
1904 255 0.000631994 255 100%
1905 269 0.000634548 269 100%
1906 240 0.000560157 240 100%
1907 247 0.000530737 247 100%
1908 245 0.000501381 245 100%
1909 244 0.000477286 244 100%
1910 287 0.000485855 287 100%
1911 301 0.00046719 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 0.000307587 595 100%
1917 610 0.000303974 610 100%
1918 573 0.00026392 573 100%
1919 609 0.000288592 609 100%
1920 624 0.000275784 624 100%
1921 625 0.000267723 619 6 98%
1922 612 0.000267348 612 100%
1923 596 0.000258851 596 100%
1924 604 0.00025361 604 100%
1925 560 0.000240003 560 100%
1926 494 0.000215166 494 100%
1927 446 0.000192294 446 100%
1928 371 0.000164092 366 5 97%
1929 343 0.000156467 343 100%
1930 386 0.000173617 386 100%
1931 347 0.000164895 347 100%
1932 341 0.000161514 341 100%
1933 303 0.000151543 303 100%
1934 322 0.000155046 322 100%
1935 325 0.000155512 325 100%
1936 334 0.000160765 334 100%
1937 332 0.000155822 326 6 96%
1938 354 0.000159995 354 100%
1939 364 0.000165197 364 100%
1940 390 0.000169371 390 100%
1941 424 0.000174029 424 100%
1942 473 0.000173149 473 100%
1943 469 0.000166161 464 5 98%
1944 447 0.000166168 447 100%
1945 439 0.000165481 439 100%
1946 520 0.00016274 520 100%
1947 577 0.000160177 577 100%
1948 611 0.000176973 611 100%
1949 984 0.000282374 984 100%
1950 1184 0.00033796 1184 100%
1951 1445 0.000392266 1445 100%
1952 1750 0.000460768 1750 100%
1953 2311 0.000599697 2306 5 100%
1954 2684 0.000674256 2676 8 99%
1955 3199 0.000796756 3192 7 100%
1956 3547 0.000860288 3547 100%
1957 4087 0.000972618 4080 7 100%
1958 4833 0.001169015 4822 11 100%
1959 5589 0.001344569 5579 10 100%
1960 5985 0.001440807 5974 11 100%
1961 6629 0.001600453 6611 18 99%
1962 7204 0.001785457 7185 19 99%
1963 8240 0.002081685 8228 12 100%
1964 9603 0.002470184 9575 28 99%
1965 11551 0.00318606 11529 22 100%
1966 13032 0.0037496 13000 32 100%
1967 16155 0.004758632 16122 33 100%
1968 17137 0.005072575 17092 45 99%
1969 21529 0.006194774 21462 67 99%
1970 25275 0.007008176 25212 63 100%
1971 26311 0.007665741 26236 75 99%
1972 25945 0.008254805 25873 72 99%
1973 27050 0.0089663 26964 86 99%
1974 29656 0.009755263 29563 93 99%
1975 32342 0.010711496 32253 89 99%
1976 31433 0.010359185 31339 94 99%
1977 26805 0.008438767 26731 74 99%
1978 23274 0.007333119 23213 61 99%
1979 21673 0.006514354 21609 64 99%
1980 19893 0.005775311 19833 60 99%
1981 20408 0.005899401 20345 63 99%
1982 18854 0.005374663 18801 53 99%
1983 17153 0.004952825 17096 57 99%
1984 16057 0.004602632 15991 66 99%
1985 14477 0.004056347 14428 49 99%
1986 13510 0.003798202 13451 59 99%
1987 11838 0.003283326 11787 51 99%
1988 10074 0.00272649 10034 40 99%
1989 8925 0.0023216 8898 27 99%
1990 8490 0.002148145 8463 27 99%
1991 7294 0.001872615 7276 18 100%
1992 6356 0.001654743 6340 16 99%
1993 5432 0.001440797 5420 12 100%
1994 4700 0.001264297 4691 9 100%
1995 4535 0.001238388 4529 6 100%
1996 4076 0.001117617 4067 9 100%
1997 3697 0.001019684 3690 7 100%
1998 3491 0.000949134 3485 6 100%
1999 3212 0.000869577 3207 5 100%
2000 3178 0.000840787 3173 5 100%
2001 2944 0.000786479 2938 6 100%
2002 3102 0.000829826 3095 7 100%
2003 2888 0.000759597 2880 8 99%
2004 3126 0.000818189 3115 11 99%
2005 2967 0.000771742 2957 10 99%
2006 2745 0.000693919 2745 100%
2007 2829 0.000707735 2829 100%
2008 2551 0.000649093 2541 10 99%
2009 2490 0.000651919 2484 6 100%
2010 2283 0.000617838 2283 100%
2011 2195 0.000600194 2190 5 100%
2012 2238 0.000612036 2238 100%
2013 2239 0.000614299 2239 100%
2014 2198 0.000593186 2193 5 100%
2015 2043 0.000552185 2043 100%
2016 1845 0.000503064 1845 100%
2017 1739 0.000486472 1739 100%
2018 1510 0.000429691 1510 100%
2019 1480 0.000426662 1480 100%
2020 1338 0.000400857 1338 100%
2021 1564 0.000462081 1564 100%
2022 1413 0.000418219 1413 100%
2023 1483 0.000449769 1483 100%