How Many People Are Named Ames?
people named Ames are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 219,374 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,865 babies named Ames in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
93 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ames, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ames alive today is about 21 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ames first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2023, to 93 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ames has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,695, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,754.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,754 |
| Best rank | #1,695 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,430 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ames alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ames were born in California than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ames was given 2.5 times as often in California and 1.9 times in Texas.
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