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

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Peak · girls
1986 · 16,954 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
31 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
374,690
since 1880

Amber over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #13, 1986girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#520576
2024#540562
2023#575519
2022#541570
2021#534579
2020#510596
2019#480653
2018#469666
2017#403782
2016#375872
2015#334978
2014#3051,064
2013#2851,114
2012#2611,237
2011#2581,238
2010#2221,419
2009#1851,775#10,9946
2008#1652,063
2007#1452,405
2006#1362,588#10,6626
2005#1013,147#7,09610
2004#873,639#4,12921
2003#744,123#9,5816
2002#654,723#10,6675
2001#515,572#9,2436
2000#476,182#6,31610
1999#416,841#5,65611
1998#377,930#5,84010
1997#298,914#4,05916
1996#279,771#3,54919
1995#2210,965#3,19121
1994#2112,343#3,32620
1993#1714,066#2,78625
1992#1913,917#2,83424
1991#1614,992#2,29531
1990#1515,866#1,80943
1989#1416,760#1,39262
1988#1516,676#1,30762
1987#1516,749#1,33755
1986#1316,954#1,33454
1985#1615,506#1,45246
1984#1815,369#1,32050
1983#1714,892#1,34748
1982#1814,678#1,34249
1981#2013,814#1,23655
1980#2212,553#1,41045
1979#2211,079#1,90328
1978#308,174#1,65233
1977#337,207#1,90426
1976#495,646#2,94613
1975#594,683#2,28819
1974#923,273#2,94612
1973#1302,180#3,6948
1972#1611,812#3,15210
1971#1801,721#3,6588
1970#2431,288
1969#2771,026
1968#293887
1967#358627
1966#400528
1965#404525
1964#445479
1963#484401
1962#498377
1961#535335#4,0655
1960#589282
1959#694208
1958#783163
1957#869137
1956#908122
1955#853129
1954#933107
1953#95498
1952#887108
1951#94596
1950#97187
1949#91893
1948#92388
1947#95187
1946#83398
1945#95465
1944#1,66125
1943#1,83422
1942#1,98119
1941#1,81020
1940#1,79220
1939#1,79719
1938#1,70321
1937#2,44812
1936#1,59322
1935#1,72020
1934#1,37228
1933#2,54011
1932#2,13015
1931#1,59423
1930#1,74821
1929#1,55525
1928#1,25437
1927#1,61926
1926#1,51429
1925#1,34735
1924#1,61228
1923#1,73624
1922#1,36634
1921#1,25838
1920#1,55028
1919#1,34833
1918#1,45129
1917#1,12640
1916#94952
1915#1,07539
1914#95638
1913#90135
1912#1,21819
1911#1,24114
1910#81228
1909#93519
1908#88220
1907#76024
1906#91716
1905#87218
1904#64029
1903#1,4407
1902#1,2199
1901#91813
1900#97015
1899#98311
1898#88615
1897#82615
1896#79017
1895#78816
1894#90512
1893#76715
1892#95810
1891#89310
1890#87210
1889#9508
1888#8949
1887#7889
1886
1885
1884#9306
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1986 at #13 (16,954 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1974–2004
  • Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1945–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 101
  • Highest: 1 in 101 girls born in 1986 were named Amber (0.99%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,790 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.1% of all girls named Amber (153,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s46#580 (1880)#829
1890s131#767 (1893)#867
1900s170#640 (1904)#955
1910s327#812 (1910)#1,108
1920s304#1,254 (1928)#1,481
1930s192#1,372 (1934)#1,865
1940s537#833 (1946)#1,366
1950s1,255#694 (1959)#880
1960s5,467#277 (1969)#428
1970s47,063#22 (1979)#100
1980s153,951#13 (1986)#17
1990s115,605#15 (1990)#24
2000s36,217#47 (2000)#106
2010s10,023#222 (2010)#339
2020s3,402#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 1994

girls
#21
12,343 births · 1 in 145 girls
boys
#3,326
20 births · 1 in 96,602 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #21Amber12,343

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #3,326Amber20
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 145 of them was named Amber, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amber
  1. #18Alexis13,039
  2. #19Victoria12,694
  3. #20Danielle12,455
  4. #21Amber12,343
  5. #22Courtney12,020
  6. #23Jasmine11,714
  7. #24Rebecca11,284
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 96,602 of them was named Amber, which outranked 67.5% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amber
  1. #3,215Yannick21
  2. #3,215Yuri21
  3. #3,215Ziad21
  4. #3,326Amber20
  5. #3,326Aamir20
  6. #3,326Adin20
  7. #3,326Akram20
  8. #3,469Aaren19
  9. #3,469Abdallah19
  10. #3,469Abe19

Tied with 142 names at #3,326; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994