girls:
7.6k births since 1947
#1868 (67th percentile)
boys:
392 births since 1972
#4194 (8th percentile)
overall:
8k births since 1947
#3027 (61st percentile)
The name Ami is the #3,027 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,984 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 60.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,868 (67.3% percentile) for all time with 7,592 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,194 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 392 births since 1972.
Ami first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Ami is available in 75 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023 (75 years for girls and 27 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 Ami has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 79.6% of babies named Ami were girls.
For girls, Ami reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 39.1% percentile (ranked #459) with 214 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 214 births per million (ranked 39.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ami ranks #878 for girls (7.3% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 19.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ami reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #850) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ami ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 60.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ami".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ami", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amy" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amy..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ami. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Ami is pronounced as AH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-mee, at 25.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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