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.

Ember

#958 most common girls' name of all time · #1,726 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1946–2025

Rank among girls
#958
Rank overall
#1,726 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
23,072
Since 2016
16,494
Peak year
2024 #135
Best rank
#135 2024
Girls Boys peak 2,222/yr
1960198020002020

Ember first appears in 1946. 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 1,952 36 1,988 #154
2024 2,183 39 2,222 #135
2023 1,707 42 1,749 #169
2022 1,836 36 1,872 #159
2021 1,775 57 1,832 #163
2020 1,539 33 1,572 #187
2019 1,541 27 1,568 #195
2018 1,475 24 1,499 #208
2017 1,122 26 1,148 #289
2016 1,021 23 1,044 #320
2015 902 17 919 #366
2014 741 10 751 #430
2013 523 9 532 #559
2012 508 14 522 #578
2011 424 9 433 #668
2010 326 12 338 #822
2009 311 311 #883
2008 201 201 #1,255
2007 224 224 #1,146
2006 176 6 182 #1,328
2005 160 6 166 #1,357
2004 143 143 #1,438
2003 127 127 #1,530
2002 98 98 #1,827
2001 90 90 #1,929
2000 68 68 #2,287
1999 80 80 #1,965
1998 83 83 #1,854
1997 74 74 #1,950
1996 69 69 #2,024
1995 55 55 #2,379
1994 60 60 #2,217
1993 52 52 #2,432
1992 48 48 #2,591
1991 48 48 #2,565
1990 60 60 #2,162
1989 60 60 #2,083
1988 90 90 #1,508
1987 41 41 #2,505
1986 31 31 #3,004
1985 29 29 #3,116
1984 49 49 #2,065
1983 40 40 #2,379
1982 42 42 #2,346
1981 46 46 #2,215
1980 35 35 #2,678
1979 50 50 #2,028
1978 48 48 #2,001
1977 35 35 #2,493
1976 36 36 #2,320
1975 30 30 #2,593
1974 19 19 #3,498
1973 21 21 #3,185
1972 14 14 #4,195
1971 14 14 #4,201
1970 18 18 #3,520
1969 11 11 #4,566
1968 11 11 #4,361
1967 8 8 #5,224
1966 7 7 #5,554
1964 14 14 #3,645
1963 5 5 #7,108
1961 9 9 #4,775
1960 6 6 #6,092
1954 6 6 #5,582
1953 5 5 #6,238
1952 6 6 #5,410
1946 8 8 #3,980