Ember
- #154 for girls in 2025, 1,952 births
- #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
- Given to girls 98.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 2,183 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,646since 1946
Ember over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ember has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #154 | 1,952 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #135 | 2,183 | #3,104 | 39 |
| 2023 | #169 | 1,707 | #2,952 | 42 |
| 2022 | #158 | 1,836 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #162 | 1,775 | #2,373 | 57 |
| 2020 | #187 | 1,539 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #195 | 1,541 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #208 | 1,475 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #289 | 1,122 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #320 | 1,021 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #366 | 902 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #430 | 741 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #559 | 523 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #577 | 508 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #667 | 424 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #821 | 326 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #883 | 311 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,250 | 201 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,145 | 224 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,327 | 176 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,355 | 160 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #1,436 | 143 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,526 | 127 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,821 | 98 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,922 | 90 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,277 | 68 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,962 | 80 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,417 | 52 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,153 | 60 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,506 | 90 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,327 | 42 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,195 | 46 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
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| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Ember! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1951, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ember is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Wyoming#16 · 1 in 81
- Alaska#29 · 1 in 127
- South Dakota#38 · 1 in 170
- Montana#40 · 1 in 177
- Idaho#41 · 1 in 205
Best ever in a state: #8 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #16 | 10 | 1 in 81 |
| Alaska | #29 | 13 | 1 in 127 |
| South Dakota | #38 | 18 | 1 in 170 |
| Montana | #40 | 16 | 1 in 177 |
| Idaho | #41 | 35 | 1 in 205 |
| New Mexico | #52 | 20 | 1 in 234 |
| Missouri | #55 | 79 | 1 in 308 |
| West Virginia | #61 | 20 | 1 in 254 |
| Hawaii | #69 | 10 | 1 in 215 |
| Kansas | #73 | 37 | 1 in 319 |
| Indiana | #77 | 74 | 1 in 377 |
| Oregon | #78 | 39 | 1 in 335 |
| North Dakota | #80 | 11 | 1 in 245 |
| Arkansas | #83 | 31 | 1 in 342 |
| Nevada | #85 | 24 | 1 in 383 |
| Colorado | #89 | 56 | 1 in 417 |
| Kentucky | #95 | 43 | 1 in 401 |
| Maine | #96 | 10 | 1 in 312 |
| Washington | #101 | 61 | 1 in 473 |
| Iowa | #105 | 30 | 1 in 392 |
| Minnesota | #105 | 47 | 1 in 457 |
| Nebraska | #105 | 20 | 1 in 355 |
| Virginia | #110 | 65 | 1 in 519 |
| Ohio | #114 | 91 | 1 in 519 |
| Wisconsin | #115 | 43 | 1 in 471 |
| Oklahoma | #121 | 29 | 1 in 510 |
| Arizona | #124 | 50 | 1 in 564 |
| Utah | #129 | 34 | 1 in 502 |
| New Hampshire | #139 | 9 | 1 in 422 |
| Pennsylvania | #139 | 75 | 1 in 623 |
| Tennessee | #139 | 53 | 1 in 605 |
| Michigan | #143 | 58 | 1 in 616 |
| South Carolina | #144 | 31 | 1 in 590 |
| North Carolina | #150 | 68 | 1 in 684 |
| Illinois | #179 | 55 | 1 in 806 |
| Rhode Island | #180 | 5 | 1 in 490 |
| Florida | #184 | 98 | 1 in 885 |
| Alabama | #221 | 21 | 1 in 872 |
| Texas | #234 | 150 | 1 in 1,070 |
| Georgia | #237 | 44 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Connecticut | #248 | 13 | 1 in 885 |
| California | #250 | 132 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Mississippi | #270 | 10 | 1 in 890 |
| Louisiana | #295 | 15 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Maryland | #304 | 17 | 1 in 1,176 |
| New York | #343 | 49 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Massachusetts | #481 | 11 | 1 in 2,185 |
| New Jersey | #535 | 14 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ember
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 19 spots since 2024 (#135 → #154)
- 33 spots since 2020 (#187 → #154)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
78 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2024 at #135 (2,183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 742
- Highest: 1 in 742 girls born in 2024 were named Ember (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 823 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 48.5% of all girls named Ember (10,992) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8 | #3,665 (1946) | #3,665 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,908 (1952) | #5,243 |
| 1960s | 71 | #3,515 (1964) | #4,906 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,987 (1978) | #2,952 |
| 1980s | 463 | #1,506 (1988) | #2,371 |
| 1990s | 629 | #1,845 (1998) | #2,204 |
| 2000s | 1,598 | #883 (2009) | #1,494 |
| 2010s | 8,583 | #195 (2019) | #443 |
| 2020s | 10,992 | #135 (2024) | #161 |
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.
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