NameTides

Ambrose

Ambrose was the #735 boys' name in the US in 2025 (358 babies), and #873 in England & Wales and #859 in Canada.

Ambrose as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ambrose as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Ambrose as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#735 (358)#873 (36)—#859 (30)
2024#739 (349)#945 (33)—#802 (32)
2023#788 (320)#890 (35)—#1,115 (20)
2022#721 (365)#925 (33)—#745 (34)
2021#672 (402)#1,117 (25)—#805 (31)
2020#818 (281)#1,273 (20)—#557 (47)
2019#961 (222)#1,369 (18)—#1,256 (16)
2018#1,465 (118)#1,324 (19)—#1,219 (16)
2017#1,630 (97)#1,923 (12)—#1,308 (15)
2016#1,641 (97)#2,175 (10)#713 (3)#1,346 (14)
2015#1,588 (101)#1,902 (12)—#1,384 (13)
2014#1,701 (89)#2,459 (8)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,613 (95)#1,404 (17)—#1,771 (9)
2012#1,909 (75)#3,987 (4)—#1,781 (9)
2011#2,284 (56)#2,390 (8)—#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1893 at #239.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ambrose is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ambrose by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #684WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #226NDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #778TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Ambrose (boys) 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#84913

Ambrose (boys): 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
AmbroseCanadaBoys#85930
AmbroseEngland & WalesBoys#87336
AmbroseIrelandBoys—too few
AmbroseNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmbroseUSGirls#14,9425
AmbroseUSBoys#735358