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Baby name

Amy

Girl

Origin of the name

Amy comes from the Old French Amée, “beloved.”

Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1975, with 32,254 births and the No. 2 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 96%, to about 1,400 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 257. 38% of all babies named Amy since 1880 were born in the 1970s.
701,631births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1975

Where babies named Amy are born

1975

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The darker the blue, the more common Amy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Amy is most common in Wisconsin (1.5 times), Vermont (1.4) and Minnesota (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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