Amber — #541 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Amber

The Social Security Administration has registered 374,103 babies named Amber between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amber currently holds the #541 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 16,955 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amber performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 153,951 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Amber shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40,081 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Amber in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amber in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 374,103 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.