Girls' name · since 1981

Amberli

Amberli has 85 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,907 of 72,339
all-time among girls
85
born since 1981
1990s
peak decade

Amberli is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 85 have been recorded since 1981.

Amberli has 85 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2008.

  • #28,907 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 85 born since 1981
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amberli ranks #28,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.

#28,907 of 72,339
all-time among girls
85
born since 1981
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Amberli's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Amberli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Amberli's full recorded timeline at 1992, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Amberli popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2008

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1992)
8
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
456789 19811985198919911993199820022008 7

Amberli by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (45 births, 53% of the file).

1990s was Amberli's strongest decade.

45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Amberli births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (53% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Amberli?
Amberli has been given to 85 babies in the U.S. since 1981, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,907 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2008. 8 babies were born in 1992, its single highest year.
Where does Amberli sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amberli ranks #28,907 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Amberli most popular?
Amberli was most popular in the 1990s decade with 45 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
How long has the name Amberli been used?
The SSA has tracked Amberli since 1981 -- 28 years through the most recent 2008 data.
What names are similar to Amberli?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Amber, Amberly, Ambar, Ambria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Amberli's data

  • Amberli's decade-level peak was the 1990s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Amberli

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Amberli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1981–2008 (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 Amberli 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.