girls:
159 births since 2005
#5557 (3rd percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2020
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
169 births since 2005
#7570 (2nd percentile)
The name Amai is the #7,570 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 169 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 2.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,557 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 159 births since 2005. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2020.
Amai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (2005 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Amai is available in 15 out of the 19 years between 2005 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amai has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Amai reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #930) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amai ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 73.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Amai reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #901) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amai".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Amai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.6% confident that Amai is pronounced as uh-MAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MUH-ee, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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