Ames is a rare variant of Amos that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2023.
Ames is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,754 for boy births in the United States (and #3,748 across all names), given to 92 babies. Ames first appears in 1913 and peaked in 2023 (93 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,754 |
| 2024 | 76 | 76 | — | #2,013 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,755 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #15,466 | #2,098 |
| 2021 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,785 |
| 2020 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,695 |
| 2019 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,081 |
| 2018 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,048 |
| 2017 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,033 |
| 2016 | 92 | 92 | #16,424 | #1,763 |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,459 |
| 2014 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,806 |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,956 |
| 2012 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,295 |
| 2011 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,437 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,367 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,336 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,778 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,999 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,748 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,968 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,938 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | — | #8,745 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,214 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | — | #3,457 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | — | #2,603 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,344 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | — | #2,783 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,611 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | — | #2,614 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | — | #2,273 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | — | #2,712 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | — | #2,572 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,816 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,163 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | — | #2,915 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | — | #3,102 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,755 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #3,850 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,072 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | — | #2,825 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | — | #2,975 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | — | #2,511 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | — | #2,131 |
| 1968 | 12 | — | — | #2,447 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,475 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,629 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #2,990 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | — | #3,055 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,660 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | — | #2,850 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,710 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,086 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | — | #2,829 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | — | #1,897 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | — | #2,829 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | — | #2,169 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | — | #2,772 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | — | #3,183 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,540 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | — | #2,682 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | — | #2,373 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,335 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,031 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | — | #2,792 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,377 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | — | #3,190 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | — | #3,347 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,636 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,582 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | — | #3,149 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | — | #2,186 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | — | #2,057 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #2,878 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | — | #2,913 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,537 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,301 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,015 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | — | #2,322 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,661 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | — | #2,298 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | — | #2,602 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | — | #2,664 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #3,794 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,226 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | — | #3,517 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | — | #3,190 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,261 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,811 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | — | #3,220 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,409 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | — | #3,110 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,228 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,395 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | — | #2,633 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,275 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | — | #2,282 |