Aimee
Aimée, often unaccented as Aimee, is a feminine given name of French origin, translated as "beloved". The masculine form is Aimé. The English equivalent is Amy. It is also occasionally a surname. It may refer to:
- English
- French
Meaning & Origin of Aimee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aimée, often unaccented as Aimee, is a feminine given name of French origin, translated as "beloved". The masculine form is Aimé. The English equivalent is Amy. It is also occasionally a surname. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- French
The Story of Aimee
American parents first put Aimee on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 13 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 2,288 Aimees were born — ranking #127 that year. About 35% of every Aimee on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aimee ranks #1,460 for baby girls with 149 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 55K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aimee
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Names that sound like Aimee
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About the name Aimee
Aimee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 55K births in the dataset. Aimee's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #123. Use the chart and map above to compare Aimee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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