# Amber (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amber/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “ambergris” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæm.bɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ambar |
| US babies named this | 375,668 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 978 / 374,690 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 32,221, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).

## 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 | 1,238 | 258 |
| 2012 | 1,237 | 261 |
| 2013 | 1,114 | 285 |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 305 |
| 2015 | 978 | 334 |
| 2016 | 872 | 375 |
| 2017 | 782 | 403 |
| 2018 | 666 | 469 |
| 2019 | 653 | 480 |
| 2020 | 596 | 510 |
| 2021 | 579 | 534 |
| 2022 | 570 | 541 |
| 2023 | 519 | 575 |
| 2024 | 562 | 540 |
| 2025 | 576 | 520 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 25 | 2,786 |
| 1994 | 20 | 3,332 |
| 1995 | 21 | 3,196 |
| 1996 | 19 | 3,551 |
| 1997 | 16 | 4,068 |
| 1998 | 10 | 5,857 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5,669 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,337 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,297 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,750 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,628 |
| 2004 | 21 | 4,135 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,124 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,747 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,066 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,201 | 52 |
| 2012 | 1,023 | 60 |
| 2013 | 904 | 65 |
| 2014 | 1,089 | 55 |
| 2015 | 1,085 | 57 |
| 2016 | 1,066 | 55 |
| 2017 | 915 | 61 |
| 2018 | 751 | 70 |
| 2019 | 676 | 79 |
| 2020 | 626 | 83 |
| 2021 | 594 | 88 |
| 2022 | 444 | 117 |
| 2023 | 407 | 122 |
| 2024 | 399 | 122 |
| 2025 | 302 | 164 |

## In other languages

- Dutch: Amber
- French: Ambre
- German: Amber
- Italian: Ambra
- Japanese: アンバー
- Latvian: Dzintra

## People named Amber

- Amber Heard, American actress
- Amber Valletta, American model and actress
- Amber Benson, American actress
- Amber Tamblyn, American actress and writer
- Amber Rudd, British politician (born 1963)
- Amber Riley, American actress and singer
- Amber Midthunder, American actress
- Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress (1984–2016)
- Amber Montana, American child actress
- Amber English, American sport shooter
- Amber Stevens West, American actress and model
- Amber Glenn, American figure skater

## 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.