Fun Facts About the Name Eimy
- More than 1 thousand babies named Eimy: U.S. records list 1,407 babies given the name Eimy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Eimy Mean?
Eimy is a respelled form of Amy (also written Aimee), a name meaning "beloved." Its root is Latin amata, "beloved," the feminine past participle of amare, "to love," which passed into English through Old French Amee. The literal sense is "she who is loved"; the customary one-word gloss is simply "beloved." The Ei- spelling represents the same sound as A- in Amy rather than pointing to a separate word. A Japanese name romanized as Eimi (as in 恵美) sounds similar but is built from unrelated elements and should not be treated as the same name.
Eimy Name History & Origins
Amy reached English through Norman French Amee, the everyday form of Latin Amata. The name was in use in medieval England, then became uncommon, and was taken up again in the 1800s; the French-style spelling Aimee circulated alongside it in the same period. Eimy belongs to a later pattern of English names respelled phonetically, in which the vowel of mee is written ei and the final sound is written y. It is best understood as one more spelling of Amy/Aimee rather than as a distinct name with its own line of descent, and it has no documented medieval or early modern forms of its own.
How Popular is the Name Eimy?
Eimy has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,043 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,043 | 238 | 0.0148% |
| 2024 | #1,266 | 183 | 0.0113% |
| 2023 | #1,672 | 124 | 0.0077% |
| 2022 | #1,931 | 103 | 0.0063% |
| 2021 | #2,729 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2020 | #2,980 | 54 | 0.0033% |
| 2019 | #2,358 | 76 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #2,590 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2017 | #3,259 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #2,914 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2015 | #3,788 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #3,944 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #4,558 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #6,676 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #5,419 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #5,289 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #4,511 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #5,616 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2007 | #4,400 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #4,490 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #6,351 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #7,508 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #7,702 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #9,703 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #9,589 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #9,367 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #12,217 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #10,742 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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