Ember — #137 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ember

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,670 babies named Ember between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ember currently holds the #137 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,172 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ember performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9,019 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ember shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,692 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ember in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ember 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 20,670 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.