Amber
Amber is ranked 541st among girls in 2024 (558 births). Its best rank was 13th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- #541up 33 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5580.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 198616,955 births
- Best rank
- #13in 1986
- Since 1880
- 374,103people given the name
The story in the numbers
374,103 girls have been named Amber in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 16,955 births — 0.99% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 558 births in 2024, against 16,955 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 41%. It has spent 108 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 31 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Amber | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 46 | |
| 1890s | 131 | |
| 1900s | 170 | |
| 1910s | 327 | |
| 1920s | 304 | |
| 1930s | 192 | |
| 1940s | 537 | |
| 1950s | 1,255 | |
| 1960s | 5,467 | |
| 1970s | 47,065 | |
| 1980s | 153,951 | |
| 1990s | 115,605 | |
| 2000s | 36,215 | |
| 2010s | 10,019 | |
| 2020s | 2,819 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Amber was the 13th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Amber
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessicapeak 1987
- Jesicapeak 1987
- Latiapeak 1987
- Taneishapeak 1990
- Kasipeak 1988
- Terricapeak 1990
- Katipeak 1986
- Briannepeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.