Ambrose

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #735 for boys in 2025, 358 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#233
1881 · 43 births
Debut · boys
1880
32 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,868
since 1880

Ambrose over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ambrose has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #233, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#735358
2024#12,1617#739349
2023#8,98911#788320
2022#15,3065#721365
2021#10,2929#672402
2020—#818281
2019#13,7996#961222
2018—#1,465118
2017—#1,63097
2016—#1,64197
2015—#1,588101
2014—#1,70189
2013—#1,61395
2012—#1,90975
2011—#2,28456
2010—#2,18760
2009—#2,40153
2008—#2,06267
2007—#2,23559
2006—#2,17659
2005—#2,32550
2004—#2,31649
2003—#2,47042
2002—#2,40342
2001—#3,41025
2000—#2,33041
1999—#2,86529
1998—#2,78229
1997—#2,34735
1996—#2,67928
1995—#2,50030
1994—#2,76626
1993—#2,00740
1992—#2,21434
1991—#1,76845
1990—#1,87041
1989—#1,99336
1988—#1,70641
1987—#1,65541
1986—#1,61740
1985—#1,59440
1984—#2,09825
1983—#1,59437
1982—#1,92928
1981—#1,62936
1980—#1,61936
1979—#1,57037
1978—#1,71831
1977—#1,57135
1976—#1,87326
1975—#1,30444
1974—#1,65929
1973—#1,65328
1972—#1,47333
1971—#1,52632
1970—#1,61528
1969—#1,64225
1968—#1,08347
1967—#1,65222
1966—#1,45028
1965—#1,14443
1964—#1,08249
1963—#1,23839
1962—#1,01357
1961—#1,26239
1960—#1,08351
1959—#1,17244
1958—#1,07151
1957—#1,13046
1956—#1,10647
1955—#1,07549
1954—#93363
1953—#96655
1952—#95356
1951—#1,05246
1950—#1,18137
1949—#1,01347
1948—#85264
1947—#90659
1946—#1,01945
1945—#95446
1944—#76966
1943—#70383
1942—#69985
1941—#92547
1940—#77064
1939—#81855
1938—#74967
1937—#77163
1936—#66079
1935—#66380
1934—#70874
1933—#63284
1932—#581104
1931—#71772
1930—#591104
1929—#591104
1928—#547123
1927—#589111
1926—#482155
1925—#467165
1924—#479166
1923—#485158
1922—#472170
1921—#437195
1920—#406209
1919—#431187
1918—#420192
1917—#403199
1916—#418179
1915—#393187
1914—#392147
1913—#381122
1912—#38898
1911—#45242
1910—#37048
1909—#37141
1908—#49925
1907—#44827
1906—#36333
1905—#45224
1904—#34434
1903—#34032
1902—#38826
1901—#29435
1900—#30547
1899—#33628
1898—#27443
1897—#29937
1896—#28242
1895—#28938
1894—#29834
1893—#23952
1892—#33531
1891—#32527
1890—#28237
1889—#33827
1888—#28041
1887—#30729
1886—#31130
1885—#29832
1884—#28836
1883—#27536
1882—#27738
1881—#23343
1880—#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ambrose was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 29 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ambrose
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#739 → #735)
  • 83 spots since 2020 (#818 → #735)
  • 853 spots since 2015 (#1,588 → #735)
  • Biggest jump: 504 spots in 2019 (#1,465 → #961)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1945 (#769 → #954)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #233 (43 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,160
  • Highest: 1 in 2,160 boys born in 1893 were named Ambrose (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,771 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #233 in 1881, was only 1 in 2,343 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 19.1% of all boys named Ambrose (2,075) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s344#233 (1881)#290
1890s369#239 (1893)#296
1900s324#294 (1901)#380
1910s1,401#370 (1910)#405
1920s1,556#406 (1920)#496
1930s782#581 (1932)#689
1940s606#699 (1942)#861
1950s494#933 (1954)#1,064
1960s400#1,013 (1962)#1,265
1970s323#1,304 (1975)#1,596
1980s360#1,594 (1985)#1,743
1990s337#1,768 (1991)#2,380
2000s487#2,062 (2008)#2,413
2010s1,010#961 (2019)#1,698
2020s2,075#672 (2021)#746

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.

Ambrose in 2019

girls
#13,799
6 births · 1 in 279,728 girls
boys
#961
222 births · 1 in 8,082 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #13,799Ambrose6

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #961Ambrose222
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 279,728 of them was named Ambrose, which outranked 23.4% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ambrose
  1. #12,448Zyleah7
  2. #12,448Zyleigh7
  3. #12,448Zyrie7
  4. #13,799Ambrose6
  5. #13,799Aabha6
  6. #13,799Aabriella6
  7. #13,799Aadrika6
  8. #15,539Aaditri5
  9. #15,539Aadiya5
  10. #15,539Aaila5

Tied with 1,739 names at #13,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 8,082 of them was named Ambrose, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ambrose
  1. #957Darwin223
  2. #957Jordy223
  3. #957Marquis223
  4. #961Ambrose222
  5. #961Anakin222
  6. #961Juelz222
  7. #961Marc222
  8. #968Alistair221
  9. #968Colter221
  10. #968Ephraim221

Tied with 6 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →