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How popular is “Ames” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ames” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ames” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ames” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ames” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ames” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ames” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ames” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 11 0.000005686 11 -100%
1917 7 0.000003488 7 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 -100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 11 0.000002986 11 -100%
1952 9 0.00000237 9 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 -100%
1956 14 0.000003396 14 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1958 18 0.000004354 18 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 -100%
1968 12 0.000003552 12 -100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 -100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 12 0.000003818 12 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 -100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 -100%
1980 16 0.000004645 16 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 17 0.000004846 17 -100%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 -100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 15 0.000003816 15 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 31 0.000008475 31 -100%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 -100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 -100%
2014 42 0.000011332 42 -100%
2015 51 0.00001378 51 -100%
2016 92 0.000025077 5 87 -89%
2017 69 0.000019294 69 -100%
2018 70 0.00001991 70 -100%
2019 69 0.000019879 69 -100%
2020 92 0.00002754 92 -100%
2021 89 0.00002627 89 -100%
2022 76 0.000022464 5 71 -87%
2023 93 0.000028087 93 -100%
2024 76 0.000022833 76 -100%

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