Amye
Spelling variant of French feminine name Amy, meaning "beloved".
Name Census estimates that about 505 living Americans carry the first name Amye. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Amye today is around 48 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Amye births was 1973 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Amye. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
505
~ 1 in 678,721 Americans
Peak year
1973
28 babies that year
Average age
48
years old
2003 SSA rank
#13,976
Tracked since 1902
Popularity
Amye: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Amye from the 1900s through to the 2000s, spanning 11 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 200 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Amye by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Amye during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Amyes live
Origin
Meaning and history of Amye
The given name Amye has its origins in Old French, derived from the name Amée, which itself comes from the Latin name Amata, meaning "beloved". It emerged during the Middle Ages in France and surrounding regions where Old French was spoken.
In its earliest forms, the name was sometimes spelled Amye, Aimee, or Aimée. It was a popular name among the French nobility and aristocracy during the medieval period, though records of its usage can also be found among commoners.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Amye dates back to the 12th century, when it appeared in the Roman de la Rose, a medieval French romance poem. The name was also mentioned in various medieval French literary works and historical chronicles.
Among the notable historical figures who bore this name was Amye de Surgères, a 13th-century French noblewoman and the mistress of King Henry II of England. Another was Amye Robsart, the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who lived in the 16th century.
In the realm of religion, Saint Amye was a 7th-century French nun and abbess, venerated in the Catholic Church. Her feast day is celebrated on September 10th.
Other historical figures named Amye include Amye Everard Bray (1565-1641), an English aristocrat and courtier during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and Amye Bassano (1539-1609), an English musician and member of the Bassano family of court musicians.
The name Amye has also been recorded in various spellings throughout history, such as Amie, Amy, and Aimee, reflecting regional and linguistic variations. However, its essence as a French name derived from the Latin Amata and meaning "beloved" has remained constant.
People
Amye + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Amye as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Amye: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Amye?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 505 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Amye going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 678,721 US residents.
Is Amye a common name?
We classify Amye as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 651 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Amye most popular?
The single biggest year for Amye was 1973, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Amye is about 48 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Amye a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Amye in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.