Ame — girls' name
379 babies named Ame in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
379 girls have been named Ame since 1962, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2025.
- 379
- total births
- 1962–2025
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Ame was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Ame in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ame
The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Ame between 1962 and 2025, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ame currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ame performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ame shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ame in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 379 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ame at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ame popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1962
- Peak year (1974)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
379 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 28 births in a single year.
Ame popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2020 (Ame as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ame accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ame by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 161 births that decade — 42% of Ame's all-time total
Ame decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ame's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.