girls:
851 births since 1886
#4865 (15th percentile)
boys:
48 births since 2001
#4538 (1st percentile)
overall:
899 births since 1886
#6840 (12th percentile)
The name Amey is the #6,840 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 899 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 11.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,865 (14.9% percentile) for all time with 851 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #4,538 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2001.
Amey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Amey is available in 82 out of the 137 years between 1886 and 2022 (75 years for girls and 8 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 Amey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Amey were girls. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (99.4% girls from 1886 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.7% boys from 2002 to 2022).
For girls, Amey reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #709) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1886, with 33 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Amey reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #910) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amey".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Amey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Amey is pronounced as AY-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEE, at 29.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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