# Aimée (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aimee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “beloved” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.mi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aimee, Amy, Amey, Amie, Amee |
| US babies named this | 54,763 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 78 / 54,685 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,168, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Aimée (“beloved”).

## What it means

Aimée is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 412 | 682 |
| 2012 | 314 | 849 |
| 2013 | 359 | 755 |
| 2014 | 338 | 819 |
| 2015 | 301 | 911 |
| 2016 | 261 | 1,013 |
| 2017 | 236 | 1,075 |
| 2018 | 191 | 1,223 |
| 2019 | 182 | 1,274 |
| 2020 | 152 | 1,432 |
| 2021 | 166 | 1,337 |
| 2022 | 149 | 1,474 |
| 2023 | 159 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 148 | 1,472 |
| 2025 | 133 | 1,581 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 4,914 |
| 1972 | 9 | 3,346 |
| 1973 | 8 | 3,698 |
| 1974 | 7 | 4,196 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,601 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,861 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,538 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,485 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,491 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,576 |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,702 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,760 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 554 | 104 |
| 2012 | 358 | 153 |
| 2013 | 279 | 189 |
| 2014 | 260 | 207 |
| 2015 | 133 | 352 |
| 2016 | 112 | 400 |
| 2017 | 98 | 448 |
| 2018 | 70 | 587 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 49 | 749 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,195 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1,603 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## People named Aimée

- Aimee Lou Wood, English actress (born 1994)
- Aimee Teegarden, American actress
- Aimee Mullins, American athlete, actress, and fashion model
- Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter (born 1960)
- Aimee Garcia, American actress
- Aimee Carrero, American actress
- Aimée Antoinette Camus, French botanist (1879-1965)
- Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist and media celebrity (1890-1944)
- Aimée du Buc de Rivéry, French heiress (born 1768)
- Aimée Beekman, Estonian writer (born 1933)
- Aimée Kelly, British actress
- Aimee Bender, American novelist, short story writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.