Girls' name · since 1987
Amberlin
221 babies named Amberlin in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amberlin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 221 recorded since 1987.
Amberlin has 221 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2023.
- #18,783 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 221 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amberlin ranks #18,783 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 221 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Amberlin's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Amberlin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amberlin splits its recorded history at 2007: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amberlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2023
- Peak year (2013)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Amberlin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Amberlin's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Amberlin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (44% of all-time use).
Amberlin by state
Where Amberlin concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 221 births nationwide.
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- Amberlin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Amberlins (5 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 Amberlin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1987–2023 (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 Amberlin 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.