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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising fast

AmyIn Hebrew: איימי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֵיימִי

Amy (Hebrew: איימי) is a girl's name of international origin. 1,623 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 93 girls and ranked #184. Its peak year was 2020, with 137 babies.

People in Israel
1,623
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
93
rank #184
Peak year
2020
137 babies
USA, 2025
1,200
rank #257

Writing and saying Amy

In Hebrew letters the name is איימי, read right to left. Amy is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; 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.

Amy by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls 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).

Amy: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Amy in English-speaking countries

Amy in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,200#2571975 (32,254)
United Kingdom2025138#3441997 (5,517)
England and Wales2025117#3661996 (5,206)
Scotland202517#2171996 (703)
Northern Ireland20254#3341998 (245)
Ireland202533#1372004 (546)
British Columbia202313#2401983 (191)
Alberta202520#2201986 (218)
Quebec202519#2872010 (112)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Amy has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Amy

How do you write Amy in Hebrew?

Amy is written איימי in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֵיימִי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Amy?

1,623 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איימי: 1,623 women and 0 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 Amy a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named איימי are women.

Is Amy used outside Israel?

The name Amy appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,200 girls were given it in 2025 (#257), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 138 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

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.