How Many People Are Named Amity?
people named Amity are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 162,677 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,163 babies named Amity in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
119 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word meaning "friendship", ultimately deriving from Latin amicitia.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Amity in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amity alive today is about 30 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 13 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amity first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 1979, to 119 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amity has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,125, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #3,981.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,981 |
| Best rank | #1,125 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,592 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amity alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amity were born in Texas than in any other state: about 84 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amity was given 2.8 times as often in Texas and 2 times in California.
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