Ames — #2011 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ames

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,763 babies named Ames between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ames currently holds the #2011 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 93 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ames performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ames shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Ames in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ames 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 1,763 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.