Baby name

Amber

Girl

Origin of the name

Amber comes from the name of the fossil resin, from the Arabic anbar.

Short-lived name

1986 was its best year: 16,954 births, or 1 baby in 210. The decline was steep: births are now 97% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 520. 41% of all babies named Amber since 1880 were born in the 1980s.

374,690births since 1880

1980sgeneration

No. 13rank at its peak, in 1986

Where babies named Amber are born

1986

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The darker the blue, the more common Amber is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Amber is most common in Wyoming (2.1 times), Alaska (2) and Nevada (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ember 22,646
Ambar 3,026

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