# Ami (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ami/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,100 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 422 / 7,678 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 842, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 53 | 3,135 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,656 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,173 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,890 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,773 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,711 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,556 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,680 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,393 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,287 |
| 2021 | 61 | 2,786 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,895 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,418 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,935 |
| 2025 | 29 | 4,668 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 4,666 |
| 2012 | 33 | 3,302 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,670 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,522 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,953 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,710 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,360 |
| 2019 | 19 | 4,965 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,530 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,778 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,892 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,750 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,919 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,468 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29 | 1,125 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Ami

- Ami Boué, Austrian geologist, physician and botanist (1794-1881)
- Ami Argand, Genevan chemist (1750-1803)
- Ami Bera, American physician and politician
- Ami Dolenz, American actress
- Ami James, American tattoo artist and television personality
- Ami Canaan Mann, American film director
- Ami Radunskaya, American mathematician and musician
- Ami Ghia, badminton player
- Ami Vitale, American photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, educator and speaker
- Ami Chandra, Fijian politician (1900–1954)

## 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.