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Ames
Pronounced /eɪmz/
Rank in 2024
#2,023
Born in 2024
76
Peak year
2023 · #1762
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 76 boys were named Ames, about 1 in every 22,570.
- It peaked in 2023 with 93 babies, ranked #1762.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 1,763 boys have been named Ames since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ames per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 106 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 135 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 170 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 183 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 168 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 154 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 847 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Ames (countable and uncountable, plural Ameses) A surname. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in San Miguel County, Colorado. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Illinois. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. A city in Story County, Iowa. An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas. A census-designated place in Dodge County, Nebraska. A village in Montgomery County, New York.
- A diminutive of the female given name Amy.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /eɪmz/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ames, CC BY-SA 4.0.