Amy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AY-mee · 2 syllables

Amy means “beloved”, from Latin.

Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimee), which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).

How popular is Amy?

Amy was the #257 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,200 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Amy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Amy are older than 50; most are between 28 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Amy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Amy means “beloved”. It comes from Latin.

Amy is pronounced AY-mee.

Amy was the #257 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,200 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Amy are older than 50. Most are between 28 and 66.