Amity
Amity was the 3982nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1125th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 137 places. More babies were named Amity in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,982 girls, up 290 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1979119 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,163babies recorded
Amity popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,982 | 36 |
| 2020 | #4,272 | 32 |
| 2010 | #5,115 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,408 | 27 |
| 1990 | #4,006 | 25 |
| 1980 | #1,530 | 77 |
| 1970 | #3,717 | 16 |
| 1960 | #6,407 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Amity, counting every spelling?
Amity has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Amity?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Amity (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Amity born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Amity.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Amity?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Amity are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 14 and 48. That makes Amity mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Amity by state
How common Amity was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Amity
How popular is the name Amity?
Amity was the 3982nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1125th with 119 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 137 places. More babies were named Amity in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Amity a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Amity in the US.
Where is Amity most popular?
In 2021–2025, Amity was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio.