Girls' name · since 1982
Amberle
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 310 babies named Amberle, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 310
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Amberle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 310 recorded since 1982.
Amberle has 310 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2022.
- #15,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 310 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amberle ranks #15,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 310 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 310
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Amberle's 310 recorded births place it above 78.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Amberle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Amberle's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Amberle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2022
- Peak year (1984)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Amberle by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (136 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Amberle's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Amberle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
136 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 136 births (44% of all-time use).
Amberle by state
Where Amberle concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.9% |
6 of 310 births nationwide.
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- Amberle's decade-level peak was the 1980s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Amberles (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amberle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amberle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.