Amity
Amity is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 530.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979119 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1960
- 2,126people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,126 girls have been named Amity in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 119 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1970s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Amity was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Amity
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sunshinepeak 1975
- Shilopeak 1978
- Sakinahpeak 1976
- Tahirapeak 1975
- Aishapeak 1977
- Maishapeak 1977
- Jamilapeak 1977
- Karimapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.