Girls' name · since 1985
Ambr
Ambr has 10 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #54,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
10 girls have been named Ambr since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ambr has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 1987.
- #54,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1985
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ambr ranks #54,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1985, peaking in the 1980s.
- #54,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1985
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ambr's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ambr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ambr's full recorded timeline at 1987, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births.
Ambr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1987
- Peak year (1985)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Ambr by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Ambr's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ambr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ambr: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1985–1987 (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 Ambr 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.