Amy has been given to about 703,484 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1975, which makes it a boomer-era name.
Amy ranks 257th among American girls in 2025, with 1,200 born that year. Its best year was 1975, when 32,343 babies were given the name, ranking 2nd. The typical living American called Amy is about 50 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maryland, where it accounts for 0.08% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.