Names / Boy names
Ames
Current rank
#1,754
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,695
in 2020
First recorded
1913
in U.S. data
Children named
1,800
since 1913
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,695 in 2020 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Ames first shows up in American naming records in 1913, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Across all years, more than 1,800 children have been named this.