Is Amity a boy or girl name?

Amity is a girl’s name. Of the 2,163 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Amity

Recorded 1960–2025 · United States

Amity was most popular in 1979, when 119 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,861 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,962, with 36 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,163 people named Amity.

Amity over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amity’s peak in 1979. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amity a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amity is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,163 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Amity

Where Amity is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org