Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ames

#3,273 most common boys' name of all time · #7,949 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#3,273
Rank overall
#7,949 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
1,865
Since 2016
818
Peak year
2023 #1,756
Best rank
#1,703 2020
Girls Boys peak 93/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ames first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 92 92 #1,758
2024 — 76 76 #2,015
2023 — 93 93 #1,756
2022 5 71 76 #2,100
2021 — 89 89 #1,786
2020 — 92 92 #1,703
2019 — 69 69 #2,088
2018 — 70 70 #2,053
2017 — 69 69 #2,036
2016 5 87 92 #1,766
2015 — 51 51 #2,457
2014 — 42 42 #2,815
2013 — 38 38 #2,966
2012 — 56 56 #2,301
2011 — 31 31 #3,446
2010 — 13 13 #6,393
2009 — 9 9 #8,364
2008 — 15 15 #5,801
2007 — 6 6 #11,003
2006 — 6 6 #10,773
2004 — 7 7 #9,025
2000 — 11 11 #5,979
1993 — 5 5 #8,845
1990 — 6 6 #7,292
1989 — 16 16 #3,492
1988 — 22 22 #2,628
1987 — 14 14 #3,395
1986 — 18 18 #2,806
1985 — 12 12 #3,649
1984 — 18 18 #2,636
1983 — 22 22 #2,294
1982 — 17 17 #2,751
1981 — 18 18 #2,606
1980 — 16 16 #2,874
1979 — 10 10 #3,870
1978 — 8 8 #4,249
1977 — 14 14 #2,947
1976 — 12 12 #3,142
1975 — 14 14 #2,803
1974 — 8 8 #3,928
1973 — 7 7 #4,154
1972 — 12 12 #2,874
1971 — 11 11 #3,032
1970 — 14 14 #2,547
1969 — 16 16 #2,169
1968 — 12 12 #2,493
1967 — 11 11 #2,545
1966 — 10 10 #2,700
1965 — 8 8 #3,099
1964 — 8 8 #3,154
1963 — 6 6 #3,793
1962 — 9 9 #2,938
1961 — 10 10 #2,795
1960 — 8 8 #3,191
1959 — 9 9 #2,915
1958 — 18 18 #1,936
1957 — 9 9 #2,925
1956 — 14 14 #2,226
1955 — 9 9 #2,868
1954 — 7 7 #3,316
1953 — 10 10 #2,624
1952 — 9 9 #2,790
1951 — 11 11 #2,437
1950 — 6 6 #3,489
1949 — 7 7 #3,148
1948 — 8 8 #2,902
1947 — 6 6 #3,546
1946 — 6 6 #3,335
1945 — 5 5 #3,538
1944 — 8 8 #2,764
1942 — 5 5 #3,755
1941 — 6 6 #3,325
1940 — 11 11 #2,288
1939 — 12 12 #2,135
1938 — 7 7 #3,046
1937 — 7 7 #3,051
1935 — 9 9 #2,663
1934 — 6 6 #3,462
1933 — 7 7 #3,142
1932 — 11 11 #2,427
1931 — 9 9 #2,792
1930 — 12 12 #2,402
1929 — 10 10 #2,711
1928 — 10 10 #2,768
1927 — 6 6 #3,945
1926 — 5 5 #4,390
1924 — 7 7 #3,661
1923 — 8 8 #3,308
1922 — 8 8 #3,385
1921 — 10 10 #2,927
1920 — 8 8 #3,334
1919 — 7 7 #3,559
1918 — 8 8 #3,233
1917 — 7 7 #3,353
1916 — 11 11 #2,511
1915 — 9 9 #2,768
1914 — 5 5 #3,483
1913 — 7 7 #2,450