Girls' name · since 1971
Amberlee
2,080 babies named Amberlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,153 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,080
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Amberlee currently ranks #11153 among girls' names in America, with 2,080 babies recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Amberlee recorded 2,080 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #11153 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #4,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,153 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,080 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amberlee ranks #4,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,153 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,080 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,153 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,080
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Amberlee's 2,080 recorded births place it above 93.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Amberlee compares
2,080 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amberlee's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amberlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,080 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amberlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amberlee splits its recorded history at 1998: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 65 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amberlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Amberlee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (510 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Amberlee's strongest decade.
510 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Amberlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 154
1970s
154 births
- 1980s
1980s
454 births
- 1990s
1990s
510 births
- 2000s
2000s
392 births
- 2010s
2010s
418 births
- 2020s 152
2020s
152 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 510 births (25% of all-time use).
How Amberlee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Amberlee's total volume
Amberlee by state
Where Amberlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 240 | 11.5% |
| #2 | California | | 122 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Utah | | 84 | 4.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.2% |
240 of 2,080 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Amberlee's data
- Amberlee's decade-level peak was the 1990s (510 total births); usage has since declined to 152 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Amberlees (240 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Amberlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Amberlee 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.