Ames
Ames is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 76 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 760.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202393 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 1,763people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,763 boys have been named Ames in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 93 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ames | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 54 | |
| 1920s | 72 | |
| 1930s | 80 | |
| 1940s | 62 | |
| 1950s | 102 | |
| 1960s | 98 | |
| 1970s | 110 | |
| 1980s | 173 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 54 | |
| 2010s | 526 | |
| 2020s | 421 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Ames was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Ames
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mordecaipeak 2022
- Milanpeak 2024
- Elonpeak 2021
- Hankpeak 2024
- Mccoypeak 2021
- Barrettpeak 2020
- Linkpeak 2022
- Shepardpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.