Ames
Boy · AYMZ · French
Ames is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Ames mean?
French: English surname from Old French Amis
“friend”
From an English surname based on the Old French personal name Amis, 'friend'.
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- AYMZ
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Is Ames a girl's or a boy's name?
Ames is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ames in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,753among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Ames, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 93 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Ames in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ames in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 93 | #1,754 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 89 | #1,784 |
| 2020 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 69 | #2,032 |
| 2016 | 87 | #1,763 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,291 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
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