# Amity (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amity/  
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 | 2,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,163 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 112, 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 | 28 | 4,925 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,408 |
| 2013 | 30 | 4,655 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,035 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,845 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,660 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,073 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,926 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,919 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,272 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,888 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2,794 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,618 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,052 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,982 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## 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.