Ames Boy
How popular is Ames?
#1,753 boy name in 2025
92 baby boys were named Ames in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
Ames popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,753 for boys (▲ 259 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 92 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,456 in 2015, #1,694 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (93 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,694 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ames counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amos family of names ranked #543 for boys in 2025 (#550 the year before), with 528 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amos | 364 | 69% |
| Ames | 92 | 17% |
| Amais | 67 | 13% |
| Aimes | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ames is most popular
Babies named Ames per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (38 boys)
Ames by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 54 | #2,272 |
| 1920s | 72 | #2,588 |
| 1930s | 80 | #2,050 |
| 1940s | 62 | #2,179 |
| 1950s | 102 | #1,895 |
| 1960s | 98 | #2,129 |
| 1970s | 110 | #2,508 |
| 1980s | 173 | #2,271 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,171 |
| 2000s | 54 | #5,762 |
| 2010s | 526 | #1,763 |
| 2020s | 513 | #1,694 |
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Questions
- Is Ames a boy or girl name?
- Ames is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Ames were boys.
- How popular is the name Ames?
- 92 baby boys were named Ames in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
- When was Ames most popular?
- Ames peaked in 2023, when 93 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,694 in 2020.
- How many people are named Ames?
- 1,865 babies have been named Ames in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,568 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Ames most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ames was most common in Minnesota, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.