Ember

Where Ember comes from

The dictionaries list Ember as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,665 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Ember Swift born
    Canadian musician
  3. 2024
    Peak, #135
    2,183 babies named Ember — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Ember Swift · Canadian musician, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.