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.

Amber

#100 most common girls' name of all time · #192 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#100
Rank overall
#192 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
375,668
Since 2016
6,375
Peak year
1986 #13
Best rank
#13 1986
Girls Boys peak 17,008/yr
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Amber is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 576 576 #521
2024 562 562 #541
2023 519 519 #575
2022 570 570 #541
2021 579 579 #534
2020 596 596 #510
2019 653 653 #480
2018 666 666 #469
2017 782 782 #403
2016 872 872 #375
2015 978 978 #334
2014 1,064 1,064 #306
2013 1,114 1,114 #286
2012 1,237 1,237 #261
2011 1,238 1,238 #258
2010 1,419 1,419 #222
2009 1,775 6 1,781 #185
2008 2,063 2,063 #165
2007 2,405 2,405 #145
2006 2,588 6 2,594 #136
2005 3,147 10 3,157 #101
2004 3,639 21 3,660 #87
2003 4,123 6 4,129 #74
2002 4,723 5 4,728 #65
2001 5,572 6 5,578 #51
2000 6,182 10 6,192 #47
1999 6,841 11 6,852 #41
1998 7,930 10 7,940 #37
1997 8,914 16 8,930 #29
1996 9,771 19 9,790 #27
1995 10,965 21 10,986 #22
1994 12,343 20 12,363 #21
1993 14,066 25 14,091 #17
1992 13,917 24 13,941 #19
1991 14,992 31 15,023 #16
1990 15,866 43 15,909 #15
1989 16,760 62 16,822 #14
1988 16,676 62 16,738 #15
1987 16,749 55 16,804 #15
1986 16,954 54 17,008 #13
1985 15,506 46 15,552 #16
1984 15,369 50 15,419 #18
1983 14,892 48 14,940 #17
1982 14,678 49 14,727 #18
1981 13,814 55 13,869 #20
1980 12,553 45 12,598 #22
1979 11,079 28 11,107 #22
1978 8,174 33 8,207 #30
1977 7,207 26 7,233 #33
1976 5,646 13 5,659 #49
1975 4,683 19 4,702 #59
1974 3,273 12 3,285 #92
1973 2,180 8 2,188 #130
1972 1,812 10 1,822 #161
1971 1,721 8 1,729 #180
1970 1,288 1,288 #243
1969 1,026 1,026 #277
1968 887 887 #293
1967 627 627 #358
1966 528 528 #402
1965 525 525 #404
1964 479 479 #445
1963 401 401 #484
1962 377 377 #498
1961 335 5 340 #536
1960 282 282 #589
1959 208 208 #694
1958 163 163 #784
1957 137 137 #869
1956 122 122 #909
1955 129 129 #853
1954 107 107 #933
1953 98 98 #955
1952 108 108 #889
1951 96 96 #946
1950 87 87 #972
1949 93 93 #919
1948 88 88 #924
1947 87 87 #951
1946 98 98 #834
1945 65 65 #957
1944 25 25 #1,663
1943 22 22 #1,835
1942 19 19 #1,983
1941 20 20 #1,814
1940 20 20 #1,793
1939 19 19 #1,800
1938 21 21 #1,705
1937 12 12 #2,451
1936 22 22 #1,595
1935 20 20 #1,725
1934 28 28 #1,375
1933 11 11 #2,548
1932 15 15 #2,138
1931 23 23 #1,594
1930 21 21 #1,753
1929 25 25 #1,558
1928 37 37 #1,255
1927 26 26 #1,620
1926 29 29 #1,514
1925 35 35 #1,349
1924 28 28 #1,614
1923 24 24 #1,738
1922 34 34 #1,367
1921 38 38 #1,261
1920 28 28 #1,551
1919 33 33 #1,350
1918 29 29 #1,452
1917 40 40 #1,126
1916 52 52 #950
1915 39 39 #1,077
1914 38 38 #957
1913 35 35 #903
1912 19 19 #1,221
1911 14 14 #1,243
1910 28 28 #818
1909 19 19 #938
1908 20 20 #887
1907 24 24 #764
1906 16 16 #925
1905 18 18 #878
1904 29 29 #643
1903 7 7 #1,442
1902 9 9 #1,221
1901 13 13 #924
1900 15 15 #974
1899 11 11 #986
1898 15 15 #891
1897 15 15 #834
1896 17 17 #793
1895 16 16 #793
1894 12 12 #907
1893 15 15 #771
1892 10 10 #961
1891 10 10 #898
1890 10 10 #879
1889 8 8 #953
1888 9 9 #897
1887 9 9 #791
1884 6 6 #935
1881 5 5 #839
1880 9 9 #583