Ambrose — #741 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ambrose

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,503 babies named Ambrose between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ambrose currently holds the #741 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 402 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ambrose performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,711 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ambrose shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 528 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ambrose in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ambrose in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,503 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.