Girls' name · since 1962
Ame
Ame has 379 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,464 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ame currently ranks #13464 among girls' names in America, with 379 babies recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ame has been recorded 379 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #13464 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #13,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,464 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 379 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ame ranks #13,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,464 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 379 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,464 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ame's 379 recorded births place it above 80.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ame compares
379 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ame's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ame | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 379 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ame's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ame's full recorded timeline at 1983, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ame popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Ame popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2020 (Ame as boys' name)
Ame by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (161 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Ame's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ame births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 55
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
161 births
- 1980s
1980s
84 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 161 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ame's data
- Ame's decade-level peak was the 1970s (161 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ame: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ame draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.