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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rare

AmiIn Hebrew: עמי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ami (Hebrew: עמי) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 1,985 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1970, with 65 babies.

People in Israel
1,985
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1970
65 babies
USA, 2025
13
rank #6,446

Writing and saying Ami

In Hebrew letters the name is עמי, read right to left. Ami is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ami by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ami: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ami in English-speaking countries

Ami in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202513#6,4462007 (38)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ami has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Ami

How do you write Ami in Hebrew?

Ami is written עמי in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ami?

1,985 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עמי: 43 women and 1,942 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ami a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 97.8% of the people named עמי are men.

Is Ami used outside Israel?

The name Ami appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 13 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,446), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.