girl's name

Amily

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 358

Scotland

#853

2012 births

Amily is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2005, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1982.

Amily over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

114
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Amily by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 6
1990s 31
2000s 111
2010s 114
2020s (to 2024) 42

How popular is Amily?

In 2024, Amily was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Amily is used

Scotland #853 3 in 2012
Canada #2,315 6 in 2001
England & Wales #6,358 3 in 2023
United States #9,611 10 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Amily

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Amily also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Amily over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Amily

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Amily — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Amily

How popular is the name Amily?

In 2024, Amily was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Amily a girl's or a boy's name?

Amily is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Amily most popular?

Amily peaked in 2005, when 18 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.