# Ambar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ambar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Amber |
| US babies named this | 3,031 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 3,026 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 221, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बर (ambara).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 3,270 |
| 2012 | 46 | 3,469 |
| 2013 | 52 | 3,126 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,044 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,779 |
| 2016 | 47 | 3,383 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,602 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,482 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,599 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,970 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,893 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,406 |
| 2023 | 92 | 2,090 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,665 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,844 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6,289 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.