Meaning not yet researched.
Amber: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 576 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 1986.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 1986; #520 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Amber in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#520 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, at #13.
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Amber: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 576 girls in 2025. Peak: #13 in 1986 · most girls in one year: 16,954 (1986).
In 2025, 576 US girls were named Amber, making it the 520th most common girls’ name of the year, up 20 places from #540 in 2024. That is 14 more than the 562 girls named Amber in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #13, reached in 1986. That year also had the most girls given the name: 16,954. For comparison, it was #334 in 2015 and #972 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Amber in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 375,668 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 154,477 babies named Amber.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,375 US girls were named Amber; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 872. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,790 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Amber ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #265 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ambar (3,031 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ambra, Ambre and Ambur are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ambra (906), Ambre (676), Ambur (495), Ambyr (283), Ambor (23), Aamber (14), Ambere (13), Ammber (12), Ambir (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Amber in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 10 | #265 | #256 |
| Utah | 15 | #290 | #279 |
| California | 104 | #314 | #199 |
| Colorado | 19 | #318 | #444 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #373 | #267 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #400 | #252 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #418 | #324 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #421 | #393 |
| Maryland | 11 | #461 | #419 |
| New York | 35 | #482 | #237 |
| Florida | 38 | #482 | #328 |
| Virginia | 16 | #485 | #316 |
| Oregon | 7 | #488 | #343 |
| Texas | 65 | #495 | #316 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #502 | #466 |
| Indiana | 12 | #542 | #417 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #545 | #512 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #570 | #485 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #577 | #336 |
| Washington | 11 | #589 | #393 |
| Georgia | 17 | #615 | #488 |
| Illinois | 15 | #623 | #484 |
| Ohio | 15 | #644 | #466 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #705 | #523 |
| Alabama | 6 | #721 | #359 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #784 | #368 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #785 | #530 |
| Michigan | 8 | #864 | #498 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #909 | #436 |
| Arizona | 6 | #916 | #260 |
| Missouri | 5 | #940 | #496 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 576 | #520 | — | — |
| 2024 | 562 | #540 | — | — |
| 2023 | 519 | #575 | — | — |
| 2022 | 570 | #541 | — | — |
| 2021 | 579 | #534 | — | — |
| 2020 | 596 | #510 | — | — |
| 2019 | 653 | #480 | — | — |
| 2018 | 666 | #469 | — | — |
| 2017 | 782 | #403 | — | — |
| 2016 | 872 | #375 | — | — |
| 2015 | 978 | #334 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,064 | #305 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,114 | #285 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,237 | #261 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,238 | #258 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,419 | #222 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,775 | #185 | 6 | #11,066 |
| 2008 | 2,063 | #165 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2,405 | #145 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,588 | #136 | 6 | #10,747 |
| 2005 | 3,147 | #101 | 10 | #7,124 |
| 2004 | 3,639 | #87 | 21 | #4,135 |
| 2003 | 4,123 | #74 | 6 | #9,628 |
| 2002 | 4,723 | #65 | 5 | #10,750 |
| 2001 | 5,572 | #51 | 6 | #9,297 |
| 2000 | 6,182 | #47 | 10 | #6,337 |
| 1999 | 6,841 | #41 | 11 | #5,669 |
| 1998 | 7,930 | #37 | 10 | #5,857 |
| 1997 | 8,914 | #29 | 16 | #4,068 |
| 1996 | 9,771 | #27 | 19 | #3,551 |
| 1995 | 10,965 | #22 | 21 | #3,196 |
| 1994 | 12,343 | #21 | 20 | #3,332 |
| 1993 | 14,066 | #17 | 25 | #2,786 |
| 1992 | 13,917 | #19 | 24 | #2,838 |
| 1991 | 14,992 | #16 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1990 | 15,866 | #15 | 43 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 16,760 | #14 | 62 | #1,392 |
| 1988 | 16,676 | #15 | 62 | #1,309 |
| 1987 | 16,749 | #15 | 55 | #1,338 |
| 1986 | 16,954 | #13 | 54 | #1,335 |
| 1985 | 15,506 | #16 | 46 | #1,452 |
| 1984 | 15,369 | #18 | 50 | #1,323 |
| 1983 | 14,892 | #17 | 48 | #1,347 |
| 1982 | 14,678 | #18 | 49 | #1,343 |
| 1981 | 13,814 | #20 | 55 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 12,553 | #22 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 11,079 | #22 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 8,174 | #30 | 33 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 7,207 | #33 | 26 | #1,908 |
| 1976 | 5,646 | #49 | 13 | #2,951 |
| 1975 | 4,683 | #59 | 19 | #2,289 |
| 1974 | 3,273 | #92 | 12 | #2,951 |
| 1973 | 2,180 | #130 | 8 | #3,705 |
| 1972 | 1,812 | #161 | 10 | #3,157 |
| 1971 | 1,721 | #180 | 8 | #3,672 |
| 1970 | 1,288 | #243 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1,026 | #277 | — | — |
| 1968 | 887 | #293 | — | — |
| 1967 | 627 | #358 | — | — |
| 1966 | 528 | #400 | — | — |
| 1965 | 525 | #404 | — | — |
| 1964 | 479 | #445 | — | — |
| 1963 | 401 | #484 | — | — |
| 1962 | 377 | #498 | — | — |
| 1961 | 335 | #535 | 5 | #4,079 |
| 1960 | 282 | #589 | — | — |
| 1959 | 208 | #694 | — | — |
| 1958 | 163 | #783 | — | — |
| 1957 | 137 | #869 | — | — |
| 1956 | 122 | #908 | — | — |
| 1955 | 129 | #853 | — | — |
| 1954 | 107 | #933 | — | — |
| 1953 | 98 | #954 | — | — |
| 1952 | 108 | #887 | — | — |
| 1951 | 96 | #946 | — | — |
| 1950 | 87 | #972 | — | — |
| 1949 | 93 | #918 | — | — |
| 1948 | 88 | #924 | — | — |
| 1947 | 87 | #951 | — | — |
| 1946 | 98 | #834 | — | — |
| 1945 | 65 | #954 | — | — |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,665 | — | — |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,834 | — | — |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,982 | — | — |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,811 | — | — |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 | — | — |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,799 | — | — |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,704 | — | — |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,453 | — | — |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,594 | — | — |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,722 | — | — |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,373 | — | — |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,545 | — | — |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,136 | — | — |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,596 | — | — |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,558 | — | — |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,622 | — | — |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,515 | — | — |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,348 | — | — |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 | — | — |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 | — | — |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,258 | — | — |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 | — | — |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,350 | — | — |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 | — | — |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1916 | 52 | #949 | — | — |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,075 | — | — |
| 1914 | 38 | #956 | — | — |
| 1913 | 35 | #901 | — | — |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 | — | — |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1910 | 28 | #813 | — | — |
| 1909 | 19 | #936 | — | — |
| 1908 | 20 | #882 | — | — |
| 1907 | 24 | #762 | — | — |
| 1906 | 16 | #919 | — | — |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 | — | — |
| 1904 | 29 | #641 | — | — |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,445 | — | — |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #921 | — | — |
| 1900 | 15 | #971 | — | — |
| 1899 | 11 | #985 | — | — |
| 1898 | 15 | #888 | — | — |
| 1897 | 15 | #829 | — | — |
| 1896 | 17 | #790 | — | — |
| 1895 | 16 | #789 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #909 | — | — |
| 1893 | 15 | #768 | — | — |
| 1892 | 10 | #961 | — | — |
| 1891 | 10 | #894 | — | — |
| 1890 | 10 | #873 | — | — |
| 1889 | 8 | #953 | — | — |
| 1888 | 9 | #898 | — | — |
| 1887 | 9 | #793 | — | — |
| 1884 | 6 | #931 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #835 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #583 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).