Ambrosia
Ambrosia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 198165 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1900
- 1,692people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,692 girls have been named Ambrosia in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 65 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ambrosia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 17 | |
| 1920s | 24 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1940s | 6 | |
| 1970s | 67 | |
| 1980s | 503 | |
| 1990s | 514 | |
| 2000s | 344 | |
| 2010s | 150 | |
| 2020s | 50 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Ambrosia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Ambrosia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaciepeak 1998
- Takarapeak 1983
- Jessipeak 1981
- Desaraepeak 1998
- Bryannepeak 1989
- Deseraepeak 1992
- Kassiepeak 1987
- Laurenpeak 1989
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.