Ames Popularity by Year
Follow Ames across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Ames birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 92 | #1,753 | Up 259 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 76 | #2,012 | Down 258 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 93 | #1,754 | Up 340 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 71 | #2,094 | Down 310 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 5 | #15,306 | Up 909 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 89 | #1,784 | Down 90 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 92 | #1,694 | Up 387 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 69 | #2,081 | Down 35 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 70 | #2,046 | Down 14 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 69 | #2,032 | Down 269 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 87 | #1,763 | Up 694 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | — |
| 2015 | Boys | 51 | #2,457 | Up 348 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 42 | #2,805 | Up 150 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 38 | #2,955 | Down 663 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 56 | #2,292 | Up 1,142 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 31 | #3,434 | Up 2,925 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 13 | #6,359 | Up 1,951 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 2,543 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 15 | #5,767 | Up 5,154 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 6 | #10,921 | Down 259 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 1,735 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Down 3,007 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 11 | #5,920 | Up 2,780 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 5 | #8,700 | Down 1,522 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 3,732 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 16 | #3,446 | Down 847 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 22 | #2,599 | Up 740 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 14 | #3,339 | Down 560 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 18 | #2,779 | Up 820 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 12 | #3,599 | Down 986 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 18 | #2,613 | Down 341 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 22 | #2,272 | Up 437 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 17 | #2,709 | Down 140 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 18 | #2,569 | Up 262 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 16 | #2,831 | Up 979 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 10 | #3,810 | Up 347 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Down 1,247 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 14 | #2,910 | Up 185 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 12 | #3,095 | Down 344 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 14 | #2,751 | Up 1,086 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 8 | #3,837 | Up 217 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Down 1,235 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 12 | #2,819 | Up 154 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 11 | #2,973 | Down 464 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 14 | #2,509 | Down 379 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 16 | #2,130 | Up 315 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 12 | #2,445 | Up 25 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 11 | #2,470 | Up 157 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 10 | #2,627 | Up 355 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 8 | #2,982 | Up 68 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 596 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 6 | #3,646 | Down 798 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 9 | #2,848 | Down 142 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 10 | #2,706 | Up 371 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 8 | #3,077 | Down 256 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 9 | #2,821 | Down 925 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 18 | #1,896 | Up 926 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Down 654 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 14 | #2,168 | Up 596 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 9 | #2,764 | Up 412 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 7 | #3,176 | Down 645 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Up 149 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 9 | #2,680 | Down 313 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 11 | #2,367 | Up 962 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 310 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 7 | #3,019 | Down 231 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Up 582 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 6 | #3,370 | Down 197 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 6 | #3,173 | Up 165 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 5 | #3,338 | Down 705 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Up 927 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 427 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 6 | #3,133 | Down 954 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 11 | #2,179 | Down 129 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 12 | #2,050 | Up 818 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 7 | #2,868 | Up 37 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 7 | #2,905 | Down 376 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 9 | #2,529 | Up 748 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 6 | #3,277 | Down 273 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 7 | #3,004 | Down 691 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 11 | #2,313 | Up 338 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 9 | #2,651 | Down 358 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 12 | #2,293 | Up 296 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 10 | #2,589 | Up 70 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 10 | #2,659 | Up 1,121 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Up 421 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | Down 696 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 7 | #3,505 | Down 330 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 8 | #3,175 | Up 77 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 8 | #3,252 | Down 448 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 10 | #2,804 | Up 404 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 8 | #3,208 | Up 183 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 7 | #3,391 | Down 295 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 8 | #3,096 | Up 121 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 7 | #3,217 | Down 828 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 11 | #2,389 | Up 232 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 9 | #2,621 | Up 643 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 5 | #3,264 | Down 991 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 7 | #2,273 | — |