Meaning and history
Ami has several independent origins. In Japanese it is usually feminine and can be written with kanji meaning such things as “second beauty” or “beautiful Asia,” while in Hebrew it is masculine and means “my people.” Japanese singer Ami Suzuki and Israeli politician Ami Ayalon are notable bearers.
20062006: 76 births, rank #2,438
2007: 69 births, rank #2,647
2008: 79 births, rank #2,419
2009: 64 births, rank #2,779
2010: 65 births, rank #2,726
20112011: 53 births, rank #3,132
2012: 67 births, rank #2,654
2013: 51 births, rank #3,166
2014: 59 births, rank #2,888
2015: 40 births, rank #3,767
20162016: 41 births, rank #3,707
2017: 43 births, rank #3,552
2018: 41 births, rank #3,677
2019: 46 births, rank #3,388
2020: 47 births, rank #3,281
20212021: 61 births, rank #2,784
2022: 58 births, rank #2,894
2023: 74 births, rank #2,415
2024: 56 births, rank #2,930
20252025: 29 births, rank #4,661
Ami moved from #886 to #950 for girls between 1986 and 1987. Its highest annual birth count came in 1975, with 334 births.