Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ambar

#3,416 most common girls' name of all time · #5,840 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1979–2025

Rank among girls
#3,416
Rank overall
#5,840 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
3,031
Since 2016
763
Peak year
2024 #1,670
Best rank
#1,405 1981
Girls Boys peak 123/yr
198020002020

Ambar first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 108 — 108 #1,851
2024 123 — 123 #1,670
2023 92 — 92 #2,100
2022 76 — 76 #2,416
2021 58 — 58 #2,915
2020 54 — 54 #2,988
2019 67 — 67 #2,615
2018 71 — 71 #2,493
2017 67 — 67 #2,620
2016 47 — 47 #3,400
2015 63 — 63 #2,793
2014 55 — 55 #3,065
2013 52 — 52 #3,143
2012 46 — 46 #3,498
2011 50 — 50 #3,286
2010 50 — 50 #3,288
2009 68 — 68 #2,692
2008 58 — 58 #3,006
2007 67 — 67 #2,733
2006 71 — 71 #2,569
2005 55 — 55 #2,956
2004 49 — 49 #3,158
2003 73 — 73 #2,318
2002 54 — 54 #2,800
2001 82 — 82 #2,059
2000 55 — 55 #2,694
1999 53 — 53 #2,664
1998 62 — 62 #2,301
1997 82 — 82 #1,824
1996 67 — 67 #2,082
1995 87 — 87 #1,700
1994 74 — 74 #1,926
1993 70 — 70 #2,009
1992 60 — 60 #2,237
1991 78 — 78 #1,830
1990 61 — 61 #2,151
1989 73 — 73 #1,831
1988 60 — 60 #2,009
1987 80 — 80 #1,579
1986 53 — 53 #2,051
1985 34 — 34 #2,803
1984 46 — 46 #2,188
1983 73 — 73 #1,551
1982 81 — 81 #1,488
1981 88 — 88 #1,405
1980 27 5 32 #3,214
1979 6 — 6 #10,034