Eames — #13444 US boys' name
151 babies named Eames in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Eames was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Eames in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eames
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Eames between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Eames currently holds the #13444 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eames performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eames shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eames in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eames 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 151 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.
Eames at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Eames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2013)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13444 among boys.
151 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 18 births in a single year.
Eames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 97 births that decade — 64% of Eames's all-time total
Eames decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eames's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Eames by state
Where Eames concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 151 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2011–2024 (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.