Amy

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Amy is an English feminine given name. It is the English version of the French name Aimée, which means beloved. It was used as a diminutive of the Latin name Amata, a name derived from the passive participle of amare, "to love".

From Wikipedia

Amy first appears in the data in 1941 and has been recorded in 65 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 421 babies (rank #27 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Amy

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Amy yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

7,405

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

421

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Little Women: Amy March — the youngest, an artist
In Doctor Who: Amy Pond — the girl who waited
In Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Amy Santiago — by-the-book detective, Jake's wife

Famous people named Amy

Amy Winehouserecording artist · b. 1983
Amy Adamsfilm actor · b. 1974
Amy Leesongwriter · b. 1981
Amy Poehlerfilm actor · b. 1971
Amy Macdonaldguitarist · b. 1987

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with A

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1941	1	#29
1942	1	#126
1945	3	#66
1949	3	#16
1953	5	#751
1954	2	#947
1955	2	#956
1956	2	#956
1957	1	#1,111
1958	1	#1,138
1960	1	#1,203
1961	1	#1,215
1962	1	#1,237
1963	1	#1,244
1964	1	#1,239
1965	2	#1,117
1966	2	#1,116
1967	3	#1,055
1968	3	#1,086
1969	5	#941
1970	5	#923
1971	5	#939
1972	4	#993
1973	4	#966
1974	7	#772
1975	12	#601
1976	9	#706
1977	14	#557
1978	18	#486
1979	13	#583
1980	23	#452
1981	29	#389
1982	33	#350
1983	42	#298
1984	65	#225
1985	76	#206
1986	59	#247
1987	85	#195
1988	81	#199
1989	114	#149
1990	129	#140
1991	117	#154
1992	178	#102
1993	193	#93
1994	166	#102
1995	234	#69
1996	295	#53
1997	294	#51
1998	214	#78
1999	171	#95
2000	172	#99
2001	181	#89
2002	179	#88
2003	259	#60
2004	258	#58
2005	369	#36
2006	337	#41
2007	329	#39
2008	421	#27
2009	401	#28
2010	389	#28
2011	346	#32
2012	365	#32
2013	325	#35
2014	344	#32