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.

Ambrose

#1,124 most common boys' name of all time · #2,662 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,124
Rank overall
#2,662 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
10,911
Since 2016
2,652
Peak year
2021 #672
Best rank
#236 1881
Girls Boys peak 411/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ambrose 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 5 358 363 #735
2024 7 349 356 #739
2023 11 320 331 #788
2022 5 365 370 #721
2021 9 402 411 #672
2020 — 281 281 #819
2019 6 222 228 #961
2018 — 118 118 #1,465
2017 — 97 97 #1,631
2016 — 97 97 #1,641
2015 — 101 101 #1,589
2014 — 89 89 #1,701
2013 — 95 95 #1,614
2012 — 75 75 #1,911
2011 — 56 56 #2,284
2010 — 60 60 #2,188
2009 — 53 53 #2,401
2008 — 67 67 #2,063
2007 — 59 59 #2,235
2006 — 59 59 #2,177
2005 — 50 50 #2,325
2004 — 49 49 #2,317
2003 — 42 42 #2,470
2002 — 42 42 #2,403
2001 — 25 25 #3,411
2000 — 41 41 #2,330
1999 — 29 29 #2,865
1998 — 29 29 #2,783
1997 — 35 35 #2,348
1996 — 28 28 #2,683
1995 — 30 30 #2,503
1994 — 26 26 #2,768
1993 — 40 40 #2,008
1992 — 34 34 #2,214
1991 — 45 45 #1,769
1990 — 41 41 #1,870
1989 — 36 36 #1,996
1988 — 41 41 #1,706
1987 — 41 41 #1,657
1986 — 40 40 #1,620
1985 — 40 40 #1,594
1984 — 25 25 #2,102
1983 — 37 37 #1,594
1982 — 28 28 #1,932
1981 — 36 36 #1,630
1980 — 36 36 #1,622
1979 — 37 37 #1,573
1978 — 31 31 #1,722
1977 — 35 35 #1,574
1976 — 26 26 #1,873
1975 — 44 44 #1,306
1974 — 29 29 #1,659
1973 — 28 28 #1,655
1972 — 33 33 #1,474
1971 — 32 32 #1,527
1970 — 28 28 #1,618
1969 — 25 25 #1,645
1968 — 47 47 #1,085
1967 — 22 22 #1,654
1966 — 28 28 #1,452
1965 — 43 43 #1,147
1964 — 49 49 #1,084
1963 — 39 39 #1,238
1962 — 57 57 #1,016
1961 — 39 39 #1,262
1960 — 51 51 #1,086
1959 — 44 44 #1,172
1958 — 51 51 #1,072
1957 — 46 46 #1,133
1956 — 47 47 #1,107
1955 — 49 49 #1,076
1954 — 63 63 #934
1953 — 55 55 #966
1952 — 56 56 #953
1951 — 46 46 #1,054
1950 — 37 37 #1,184
1949 — 47 47 #1,014
1948 — 64 64 #853
1947 — 59 59 #908
1946 — 45 45 #1,021
1945 — 46 46 #955
1944 — 66 66 #770
1943 — 83 83 #703
1942 — 85 85 #699
1941 — 47 47 #927
1940 — 64 64 #770
1939 — 55 55 #819
1938 — 67 67 #749
1937 — 63 63 #773
1936 — 79 79 #661
1935 — 80 80 #665
1934 — 74 74 #708
1933 — 84 84 #633
1932 — 104 104 #582
1931 — 72 72 #718
1930 — 104 104 #591
1929 — 104 104 #592
1928 — 123 123 #548
1927 — 111 111 #589
1926 — 155 155 #482
1925 — 165 165 #469
1924 — 166 166 #479
1923 — 158 158 #485
1922 — 170 170 #472
1921 — 195 195 #438
1920 — 209 209 #406
1919 — 187 187 #431
1918 — 192 192 #420
1917 — 199 199 #403
1916 — 179 179 #418
1915 — 187 187 #393
1914 — 147 147 #392
1913 — 122 122 #381
1912 — 98 98 #388
1911 — 42 42 #454
1910 — 48 48 #372
1909 — 41 41 #372
1908 — 25 25 #502
1907 — 27 27 #451
1906 — 33 33 #367
1905 — 24 24 #456
1904 — 34 34 #346
1903 — 32 32 #343
1902 — 26 26 #392
1901 — 35 35 #297
1900 — 47 47 #306
1899 — 28 28 #338
1898 — 43 43 #277
1897 — 37 37 #302
1896 — 42 42 #286
1895 — 38 38 #292
1894 — 34 34 #299
1893 — 52 52 #240
1892 — 31 31 #335
1891 — 27 27 #327
1890 — 37 37 #284
1889 — 27 27 #339
1888 — 41 41 #280
1887 — 29 29 #308
1886 — 30 30 #313
1885 — 32 32 #301
1884 — 36 36 #292
1883 — 36 36 #278
1882 — 38 38 #282
1881 — 43 43 #236
1880 — 32 32 #291