Amber
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning amber gemstone; fossilized tree resin.
Babies a year
302
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#520
up from #541
UK popularity
#164
302 babies · down from #122
How Amber has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #334 |
| 2016 | #375 |
| 2017 | #400 |
| 2018 | #470 |
| 2019 | #479 |
| 2020 | #513 |
| 2021 | #534 |
| 2022 | #542 |
| 2023 | #575 |
| 2024 | #541 |
| 2025 | #520 |
In 2025, 302 babies in England and Wales were named Amber. In the US, 776 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 16,951 in 1986.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Amber was most common in 1985, when it went to 0.84% of American babies of that sex.
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