first name
AMI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 9,067 people named Ami, 56.6% reported their origin as White, 23.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ami peaked in 1975, when 334 babies got the name.
At least 8,100 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ami by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,077. The largest share of babies named Ami, 43.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ami is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ami has been most common in California (1.9×), Texas (1.8×), and Illinois (1.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.24×).
4,704 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ami
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ami, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ami ranks #84,785 of 156,621, with 238 people. See Ami as a last name
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