Girls' name · since 1979
Ambert
Ambert has 145 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ambert sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 145 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Ambert recorded 145 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1993.
- #23,094 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ambert ranks #23,094 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,094 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ambert's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ambert's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ambert's full recorded timeline at 1987, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ambert popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1993
- Peak year (1987)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Ambert by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (110 births, 76% of the file).
1980s was Ambert's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Ambert births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 110 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Ambert's decade-level peak was the 1980s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ambert: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1979–1993 (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 Ambert 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.