Amity

Popularity Trends

The name Amity is the #5,710 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,072 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 26.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,768 (34.1% percentile) for all time with 2,072 births since 1960.

Amity first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for girls in 1960). Birth data for Amity is available in 61 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023. 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.

For girls, Amity reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 14.5% percentile (ranked #672) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 69 births per million (ranked 14.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amity ranks #886 for girls (6.4% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 54.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amity".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

2,072

Peak Births

119

Peak Year

1979

First Recorded

1960

Peak Percentile

14.5%

Current Percentile

6.4%

Peak Rank

#672

Current Rank

#886

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Amity", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Amity.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Amity's popularity from 1957 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Amity at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Amity range from Shilo at 94.3% correlation to Keysha at 87.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 89.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Sunshine with 5.7K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Taiwan with 907 births (92% boys).

Amity's share of births peaked at 69.1 births per million for girls in 1979. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (3% of peak) in 1960. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Amity had 37.7 births per million, 55% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Shilo

2,823

94.30% (very strong)

Rahman

1,240

92.93% (very strong)

Sunshine

5,651

91.94% (very strong)

Hakim

2,256

89.92% (very strong)

Tahira

1,262

88.78% (very strong)

Sakinah

1,030

88.44% (very strong)

Karima

1,450

88.30% (very strong)

Dawud

946

88.06% (very strong)

Rasheen

1,478

87.58% (very strong)

Taiwan

907

87.45% (very strong)

Sacha

2,508

87.36% (very strong)

Keysha

1,905

87.22% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Amity

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Amity. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 43.2% confident that Amity is pronounced as A-mih-tee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-muh-tee, at 18.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

43.2%

18.2%

11.4%

11.4%

9.1%

6.8%

A-mih-tee (3 syllables)

Verified

43.2% confidence

AE1 M IH0 T IY0

A-muh-tee (3 syllables)

18.2% confidence

AE1 M AH0 T IY0

A-mee-tee (3 syllables)

11.4% confidence

AE1 M IY0 T IY0

uh-MEE-tee (3 syllables)

11.4% confidence

AH0 M IY1 T IY0

uh-MIH-tee (3 syllables)

9.1% confidence

AH0 M IH1 T IY0

AY-muh-tee (3 syllables)

6.8% confidence

EY1 M AH0 T IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 M IH0 T IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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