NameTides

Amber

Amber was the #520 girls' name in the US in 2025 (576 babies), and #164 in England & Wales and #141 in Canada.

Amber as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Amber as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Amber as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#520 (576)#164 (302)#126 (36)#132 (15)#148 (31)#141 (192)—#90 (70)
2024#540 (562)#122 (399)#90 (48)#179 (10)#135 (34)#211 (139)——
2023#575 (519)#122 (407)#77 (54)#264 (6)#111 (43)#218 (130)——
2022#541 (570)#117 (444)#76 (55)#81 (26)#105 (49)#197 (145)—#88 (66)
2021#534 (579)#88 (594)#55 (83)#81 (27)#80 (73)#167 (171)—#70 (85)
2020#510 (596)#83 (626)#50 (87)#101 (21)#66 (80)#148 (176)—#71 (81)
2019#480 (653)#79 (676)#55 (86)#73 (32)#71 (82)#231 (132)—#74 (81)
2018#469 (666)#70 (751)#52 (92)#63 (36)#82 (74)#207 (145)——
2017#403 (782)#61 (915)#38 (120)#67 (36)#75 (85)#262 (123)——
2016#375 (872)#55 (1,066)#38 (115)#71 (36)#59 (107)#259 (125)——
2015#334 (978)#57 (1,085)#41 (113)#59 (40)#59 (108)#267 (124)——
2014#305 (1,064)#55 (1,089)#42 (113)#50 (46)#53 (127)#263 (126)——
2013#285 (1,114)#65 (904)#44 (118)#72 (33)#92 (73)#226 (145)—#86 (61)
2012#261 (1,237)#60 (1,023)#43 (131)#102 (24)#64 (105)#256 (131)—#99 (53)
2011#258 (1,238)#52 (1,201)#52 (117)#106 (23)#68 (107)#235 (137)#100 (76)#92 (58)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 840common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 500common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 680common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 780common

Next year

On its recent trend, Amber is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amber by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #586WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #576PANew Jersey: #372NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #314CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #317CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #495TXFlorida: #482FL
Amber (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20957
Quebec2025#5009

Amber (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmberCanadaGirls#141192
AmberCanadaBoys—too few
AmberEngland & WalesGirls#164302
Amber-England & WalesGirls—too few
AmberIrelandGirls#14831
AmberNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
AmberNSWGirls—too few
AmberScotlandGirls#12636
AmberUSGirls#520576
AmberUSBoys—too few
AmberVICGirls#9070