Amber
#520 for girls in 2025, 576 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 16,954 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 374,690since 1880
Amber over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #520 | 576 | — | |
| 2024 | #540 | 562 | — | |
| 2023 | #575 | 519 | — | |
| 2022 | #541 | 570 | — | |
| 2021 | #534 | 579 | — | |
| 2020 | #510 | 596 | — | |
| 2019 | #480 | 653 | — | |
| 2018 | #469 | 666 | — | |
| 2017 | #403 | 782 | — | |
| 2016 | #375 | 872 | — | |
| 2015 | #334 | 978 | — | |
| 2014 | #305 | 1,064 | — | |
| 2013 | #285 | 1,114 | — | |
| 2012 | #261 | 1,237 | — | |
| 2011 | #258 | 1,238 | — | |
| 2010 | #222 | 1,419 | — | |
| 2009 | #185 | 1,775 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #165 | 2,063 | — | |
| 2007 | #145 | 2,405 | — | |
| 2006 | #136 | 2,588 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #101 | 3,147 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #87 | 3,639 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #74 | 4,123 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #65 | 4,723 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #51 | 5,572 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #47 | 6,182 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #41 | 6,841 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #37 | 7,930 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #29 | 8,914 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #27 | 9,771 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #22 | 10,965 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #21 | 12,343 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #17 | 14,066 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #19 | 13,917 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #16 | 14,992 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #15 | 15,866 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #14 | 16,760 | #1,392 | 62 |
| 1988 | #15 | 16,676 | #1,307 | 62 |
| 1987 | #15 | 16,749 | #1,337 | 55 |
| 1986 | #13 | 16,954 | #1,334 | 54 |
| 1985 | #16 | 15,506 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #18 | 15,369 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1983 | #17 | 14,892 | #1,347 | 48 |
| 1982 | #18 | 14,678 | #1,342 | 49 |
| 1981 | #20 | 13,814 | #1,236 | 55 |
| 1980 | #22 | 12,553 | #1,410 | 45 |
| 1979 | #22 | 11,079 | #1,903 | 28 |
| 1978 | #30 | 8,174 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #33 | 7,207 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #49 | 5,646 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #59 | 4,683 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #92 | 3,273 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #130 | 2,180 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #161 | 1,812 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #180 | 1,721 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #243 | 1,288 | — | |
| 1969 | #277 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1968 | #293 | 887 | — | |
| 1967 | #358 | 627 | — | |
| 1966 | #400 | 528 | — | |
| 1965 | #404 | 525 | — | |
| 1964 | #445 | 479 | — | |
| 1963 | #484 | 401 | — | |
| 1962 | #498 | 377 | — | |
| 1961 | #535 | 335 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #589 | 282 | — | |
| 1959 | #694 | 208 | — | |
| 1958 | #783 | 163 | — | |
| 1957 | #869 | 137 | — | |
| 1956 | #908 | 122 | — | |
| 1955 | #853 | 129 | — | |
| 1954 | #933 | 107 | — | |
| 1953 | #954 | 98 | — | |
| 1952 | #887 | 108 | — | |
| 1951 | #945 | 96 | — | |
| 1950 | #971 | 87 | — | |
| 1949 | #918 | 93 | — | |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 | — | |
| 1947 | #951 | 87 | — | |
| 1946 | #833 | 98 | — | |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | — | |
| 1916 | #949 | 52 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 | — | |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 | — | |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,218 | 19 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #812 | 28 | — | |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #760 | 24 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | — | |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | — | |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #767 | 15 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Amber was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Amber
- 20 spots since 2024 (#540 → #520)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#510 → #520)
- 186 spots since 2015 (#334 → #520)
- Biggest jump: 800 spots in 1904 (#1,440 → #640)
- Biggest drop: 429 spots in 1911 (#812 → #1,241)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1986 at #13 (16,954 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1974–2004
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1945–2025
- Highest: 1 in 101 girls born in 1986 were named Amber (0.99%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,790 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 41.1% of all girls named Amber (153,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | #580 (1880) | #829 |
| 1890s | 131 | #767 (1893) | #867 |
| 1900s | 170 | #640 (1904) | #955 |
| 1910s | 327 | #812 (1910) | #1,108 |
| 1920s | 304 | #1,254 (1928) | #1,481 |
| 1930s | 192 | #1,372 (1934) | #1,865 |
| 1940s | 537 | #833 (1946) | #1,366 |
| 1950s | 1,255 | #694 (1959) | #880 |
| 1960s | 5,467 | #277 (1969) | #428 |
| 1970s | 47,063 | #22 (1979) | #100 |
| 1980s | 153,951 | #13 (1986) | #17 |
| 1990s | 115,605 | #15 (1990) | #24 |
| 2000s | 36,217 | #47 (2000) | #106 |
| 2010s | 10,023 | #222 (2010) | #339 |
| 2020s | 3,402 | #510 (2020) | #537 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amber in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 132 of them was named Amber, which outranked 99.8% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 39,643 of them was named Amber, which outranked 80.7% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,391Sherrod46
- #1,391Stephon46
- #1,391Tobin46
- #1,410Amber45
- #1,410April45
- #1,410Bernie45
- #1,410Brandin45
- #1,432Anibal44
- #1,432Berry44
- #1,432Booker44
Tied with 21 names at #1,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.