Girls' name · since 1976
Ambyr
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 283 babies named Ambyr, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ambyr sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 283 recorded since 1976.
Ambyr has 283 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 2012.
- #16,403 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 283 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ambyr ranks #16,403 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 283 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 283
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ambyr's 283 recorded births place it above 77.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ambyr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ambyr splits its recorded history at 1991: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ambyr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2012
- Peak year (1994)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Ambyr by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (122 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Ambyr's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ambyr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
106 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 122 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Ambyr's decade-level peak was the 1990s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Ambyr: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1976–2012 (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 Ambyr 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.