Ambar

#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,396
1981 · 88 births
Debut · girls
1979
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,026
since 1979

Ambar over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ambar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #1,396, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,844108—
2024#1,664123—
2023#2,09092—
2022#2,40476—
2021#2,89258—
2020#2,96654—
2019#2,59367—
2018#2,47871—
2017#2,59767—
2016#3,37947—
2015#2,77363—
2014#3,04155—
2013#3,12352—
2012#3,46446—
2011#3,26750—
2010#3,25650—
2009#2,67268—
2008#2,99558—
2007#2,71067—
2006#2,55571—
2005#2,93555—
2004#3,12749—
2003#2,30173—
2002#2,78054—
2001#2,04882—
2000#2,67255—
1999#2,64053—
1998#2,27962—
1997#1,81682—
1996#2,05867—
1995#1,68487—
1994#1,90574—
1993#1,98570—
1992#2,22060—
1991#1,81878—
1990#2,12861—
1989#1,81873—
1988#1,98660—
1987#1,57080—
1986#2,02553—
1985#2,74934—
1984#2,14946—
1983#1,53173—
1982#1,47481—
1981#1,39688—
1980#3,13427#6,2505
1979#9,0106—
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Ambar! It came in at #9,010, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Ambar is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMINew York: #1,194 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,072 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,475 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 14,734 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ambar, so not publishedHITexas: #1,779 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 17,931 girlsTXFlorida: #1,342 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,380 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#1,194 · 1 in 10,072
  2. Florida#1,342 · 1 in 12,380
  3. California#1,475 · 1 in 14,734
  4. Texas#1,779 · 1 in 17,931

Best ever in a state: #466 in California, 1981.

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New York#1,194101 in 10,072
Florida#1,34261 in 12,380
California#1,475151 in 14,734
Texas#1,77981 in 17,931
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See more about Ambar
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 180 spots since 2024 (#1,664 → #1,844)
  • 1,122 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #1,844)
  • 929 spots since 2015 (#2,773 → #1,844)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1981 at #1,396 (88 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,172
  • Highest: 1 in 13,172 girls born in 2024 were named Ambar (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,396 in 1981, was only 1 in 18,955 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Ambar (694) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s6#9,010 (1979)#9,010
1980s615#1,396 (1981)#1,983
1990s694#1,684 (1995)#2,053
2000s632#2,048 (2001)#2,680
2010s568#2,478 (2018)#2,997
2020s511#1,664 (2024)#2,310

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ambar in 1998

girls
#2,279
62 births · 1 in 28,499 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #2,279Ambar62
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 28,499 of them was named Ambar, which outranked 86.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ambar
  1. #2,244Raeanne63
  2. #2,244Teah63
  3. #2,244Zakia63
  4. #2,279Ambar62
  5. #2,279Abbigayle62
  6. #2,279Aleesha62
  7. #2,279Amia62
  8. #2,307Akilah61
  9. #2,307Andriana61
  10. #2,307Ariyan61

Tied with 27 names at #2,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →