Ami

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A few things about Ami you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Ami

Ami Otaki

Japanese association football player

Choose Ami and your child shares a first name with Ami Otaki, a Japanese association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Ami, like who?” Ami Otaki's Wikipedia article is available in 37 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 55,556 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Ami, 29 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Ami would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAmi first shows up in US birth records in 1947, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 78 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1975, when it ranked #525. Today it's #4,661, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAmi was 2.0× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 27,548 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 55,556.
• 🍂TrendAmi has slipped 1,380 places over the last five years and now sits at #4,661. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• ⚖️Boy or girlAmi is given to both boys and girls: 69% of the 42 babies named Ami in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Ami

Ami is a girl name of French and Latin origin. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with A and ending in “-ami”. US birth records list Ami for girls from 1947 to 2025, in 77 of those 79 years. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked #525 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #4,661, with 29 babies.

Origin:French namesLatin names