girls' name ★ peaked 1977

Aimee

Meaning beloved Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,581 Trend ↓ Falling 13%

Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”).

Rank 2025
#1,581
among girls · ↓109 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
133
named Aimee · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 12,085
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1977
2,293 babies
All-time total
54,763
#553 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Aimee popularity over time

54,763 babies have been named Aimee since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 143 – 143 14 – #466
1890s 168 – 168 17 +17% #618
1900s 143 – 143 14 -15% #795
1910s 259 – 259 26 +81% #1,034
1920s 317 – 317 32 +22% #1,160
1930s 140 – 140 14 -56% #1,605
1940s 223 – 223 22 +59% #1,393
1950s 976 – 976 98 +338% #848
1960s 3,811 – 3,811 381 +290% #288
1970s 19,407 39 19,446 1,945 +410% #123
1980s 13,186 39 13,225 1,323 -32% #174
1990s 7,832 – 7,832 783 -41% #272
2000s 4,105 – 4,105 411 -48% #557
2010s 3,068 – 3,068 307 -25% #621
2020s (to 2025) 907 – 907 151 -51% #1,337

Where Aimee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 129 0.08 outside top 500
2027 126 0.08 outside top 500
2028 123 0.08 outside top 500
2029 121 0.08 outside top 500
2030 119 0.07 outside top 500

Where Aimee is most popular

Girls named Aimee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.093 per 1,000. Strongest in California, New York, and Texas.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Aimee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 173 0.206 +121%
New York 60 0.152 +63%
Texas 107 0.133 +43%
New Jersey 22 0.122 +31%
Arizona 16 0.114 +23%
Nevada 5 0.108 +16%
Florida 45 0.105 +13%
Illinois 23 0.100 +8%
Colorado 11 0.099 +6%
Massachusetts 11 0.091 ≈ national
Washington 12 0.083 -11%
Alabama 5 0.053 -43%
Maryland 5 0.047 -49%
North Carolina 10 0.044 -53%
Georgia 7 0.031 -67%
Pennsylvania 6 0.025 -73%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Aimee

Aimee is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,581 in 2025 with 133 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 54,763 American babies have been named Aimee. Its peak came in 1977, when 2,293 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1970s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Aimee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Aimee?

The median living Aimee is about 44 years old; half are between 32 and 51. An estimated 52 thousand people named Aimee are alive in the United States today.

median 44 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Aimee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 133 #1,581 – –
2024 148 #1,472 – –
2023 159 #1,407 – –
2022 149 #1,474 – –
2021 166 #1,337 – –
2020 152 #1,432 – –
2019 182 #1,274 – –
2018 191 #1,223 – –
2017 236 #1,075 – –
2016 261 #1,013 – –
2015 301 #911 – –
2014 338 #819 – –
2013 359 #755 – –
2012 314 #849 – –
2011 412 #682 – –
2010 474 #621 – –
2009 344 #821 – –
2008 375 #783 – –
2007 343 #834 – –
2006 358 #769 – –
2005 403 #688 – –
2004 414 #660 – –
2003 481 #577 – –
2002 470 #565 – –
2001 449 #572 – –
2000 468 #557 – –
1995 807 #331 – –
1990 1,019 #272 – –
1985 1,274 #205 8 #4,702
1980 1,590 #174 6 #5,538
1975 2,031 #136 – –
1970 1,376 #227 – –
1965 294 #554 – –
1960 162 #817 – –
1955 105 #967 – –
1950 49 #1,302 – –
1945 14 #2,339 – –
1940 8 #3,211 – –
1935 17 #1,919 – –
1930 18 #1,934 – –
1925 29 #1,535 – –
1920 35 #1,312 – –
1915 30 #1,285 – –
1910 17 #1,069 – –
1905 16 #928 – –
1900 16 #942 – –
1895 13 #895 – –
1890 18 #618 – –
1885 17 #520 – –
1880 13 #466 – –

Famous people named Aimee

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Aimee Lou Wood Aimee Lou Wood English actress and writer (born 1994) b. 1995 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Aimee Garcia Aimee Garcia American actress (born 1978) Contemporary
  3. 3 Aimee Mann Aimee Mann American singer-songwriter (born 1960) Contemporary
  4. 4 Aimee Carrero Aimee Carrero American actress b. 1988 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Aimee Mullins Aimee Mullins American athlete, actress, and fashion model (born 1976) b. 1975 · Contemporary
  6. 6 Aimee Teegarden Aimee Teegarden American actress b. 1989 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Aimee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Aimee?

The median living Aimee is about 44 years old. Half of all living Aimees are between 32 and 51 years old.

How many people named Aimee are alive today?

An estimated 52 thousand people named Aimee are alive in the United States, based on 54,763 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Aimee mean?

Borrowed from French Aimée (“beloved”).

How popular is the name Aimee in 2025?

Aimee ranked #1,581 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 133 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Aimee?

54,763 babies have been named Aimee in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Aimee most popular?

Aimee peaked in 1977, when 2,293 newborns received the name.

Is Aimee a boy or girl name?

Aimee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Aimee rising or falling?

Aimee is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Aimee become more popular?

Aimee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 119 girls named Aimee in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Aimee?

Well-known people named Aimee include Aimee Lou Wood (actor), Aimee Garcia (actor), Aimee Mann (singer).

Names like Aimee

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