Ammon

#2,798 for boys in 2025, 45 births

Peak · boys
1891 · 10 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,339
since 1881

Ammon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ammon has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #597, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,79845
2024#3,16138
2023#3,17738
2022#2,87344
2021#2,81944
2020#2,23561
2019#2,31059
2018#2,23061
2017#2,03269
2016#2,11066
2015#1,85379
2014#1,564101
2013#1,65991
2012#1,498107
2011#1,67589
2010#1,61297
2009#1,589101
2008#1,532105
2007#1,359123
2006#1,427109
2005#1,323114
2004#1,44097
2003#1,282110
2002#1,098133
2001#1,203112
2000#1,214111
1999#1,43681
1998#1,27195
1997#1,25192
1996#1,33481
1995#1,43069
1994#1,60857
1993#1,69951
1992#1,57256
1991#1,67749
1990#1,56453
1989#1,65847
1988#1,42754
1987#1,68440
1986#1,53543
1985#1,50444
1984#1,34949
1983#1,53439
1982#1,36248
1981#1,57738
1980#1,31351
1979#1,29151
1978#1,29948
1977#1,36744
1976#1,46937
1975#1,50535
1974#1,61830
1973#1,87123
1972#2,41815
1971#2,55814
1970#2,73912
1969#2,54912
1968#2,57611
1967#2,7609
1966#2,9868
1965#3,2447
1964#3,2827
1963#3,6466
1962#2,50411
1961#3,6526
1960#2,8719
1959#3,9885
1958#3,0338
1957#2,8229
1956#3,2167
1955#3,2017
1954#2,59210
1953#3,4256
1952#3,0957
1951#2,36711
1950#2,7708
1949#2,02214
1948#2,7888
1947#2,6719
1946#2,5349
1945#2,00912
1944#2,30910
1943#2,27711
1942#1,94614
1941#2,4919
1940#2,17911
1939#2,8297
1938#2,8687
1937#3,1756
1936#3,1476
1935—
1934#1,78316
1933#1,90514
1932#1,84816
1931#2,00314
1930#2,44411
1929#2,9808
1928#2,65910
1927#1,79619
1926#2,9049
1925#2,31313
1924#2,04316
1923#2,33113
1922#2,14315
1921#2,37613
1920#2,33613
1919#2,66510
1918#1,90517
1917#2,09114
1916#1,84916
1915#1,78216
1914#1,97511
1913#1,80310
1912#1,7469
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
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1901#9436
1900#74312
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1894#9546
1893#9076
1892—
1891#59710
1890#8846
1889#8786
1888—
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1886—
1885#9365
1884#7018
1883#7996
1882—
1881#7067
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Ammon! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ammon is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,511 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 37,231 boysCAUtah: #169 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,135 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ammon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#169 · 1 in 1,135
  2. California#1,511 · 1 in 37,231

Best ever in a state: #127 in Utah, 2001.

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California#1,51161 in 37,231
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ammon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 363 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #2,798)
  • 563 spots since 2020 (#2,235 → #2,798)
  • 945 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #2,798)
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1891 (#884 → #597)
  • Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1885 (#701 → #936)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1891 at #597 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1883–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,119
  • Highest: 1 in 10,119 boys born in 1891 were named Ammon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,957 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 25.7% of all boys named Ammon (1,115) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#701 (1884)#804
1890s28#597 (1891)#836
1900s18#743 (1900)#843
1910s114#1,537 (1911)#1,894
1920s129#1,796 (1927)#2,388
1930s97#1,783 (1934)#2,445
1940s107#1,946 (1942)#2,323
1950s78#2,367 (1951)#3,051
1960s86#2,504 (1962)#3,007
1970s309#1,291 (1979)#1,814
1980s453#1,313 (1980)#1,494
1990s684#1,251 (1997)#1,484
2000s1,115#1,098 (2002)#1,347
2010s819#1,498 (2012)#1,854
2020s270#2,235 (2020)#2,844

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ammon in 1985

boys
#1,504
44 births · 1 in 42,005 boys

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #1,504Ammon44
More about 1985

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 42,005 of them was named Ammon, which outranked 80.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ammon
  1. #1,485Rylan45
  2. #1,485Thanh45
  3. #1,485Tristin45
  4. #1,504Ammon44
  5. #1,504Chrisopher44
  6. #1,504Clemente44
  7. #1,504Conner44
  8. #1,524Angela43
  9. #1,524Avraham43
  10. #1,524Bernie43

Tied with 19 names at #1,504; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985 →