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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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 2003

girls
#74
4,123 births · 1 in 443 girls
boys
#9,581
6 births · 1 in 329,225 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #74Amber4,123

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #9,581Amber6
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 443 of them was named Amber, which outranked 99.6% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amber
  1. #71Angelina4,272
  2. #72Riley4,243
  3. #73Sierra4,242
  4. #74Amber4,123
  5. #75Autumn4,059
  6. #76Lillian4,030
  7. #77Gabriella4,021
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 1,689Laci#2,126#437
  2. 1,528Karyme#2,467#939
  3. 1,500Roselyn#2,467#967
  4. 1,326Kaydence#2,310#984
  5. 1,170Sherlyn#2,081#911
Fallers
  1. 481Odalys#951#1,432
  2. 400Kari#975#1,375
  3. 334Litzy#501#835
  4. 289Alysha#960#1,249
  5. 252Roxana#861#1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 329,225 of them was named Amber, which outranked 24.9% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amber
  1. #8,643Zyeir7
  2. #8,643Zyion7
  3. #8,643Zyshonne7
  4. #9,581Amber6
  5. #9,581Aahil6
  6. #9,581Aaliyah6
  7. #9,581Abdalla6
  8. #10,894Aabid5
  9. #10,894Aadan5
  10. #10,894Aadith5

Tied with 1,312 names at #9,581; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 790Maddox#1,372#582
  2. 762Jahir#1,571#809
  3. 519Yair#1,236#717
  4. 450Jamarion#1,094#644
  5. 413Aydan#1,154#741
Fallers
  1. 819Lisandro#898#1,717
  2. 621Shemar#970#1,591
  3. 362Jaheem#891#1,253
  4. 337Keandre#998#1,335
  5. 334Savion#568#902

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

See the top 100 for 2003