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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Ember has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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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 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#315 · 1 in 1,169
- Utah#421 · 1 in 1,887
- Oklahoma#481 · 1 in 2,188
- Wisconsin#706 · 1 in 4,196
- Washington#772 · 1 in 4,376
Best ever in a state: #8 in Wyoming, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #315 | 6 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Utah | #421 | 10 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Oklahoma | #481 | 8 | 1 in 2,188 |
| Wisconsin | #706 | 6 | 1 in 4,196 |
| Washington | #772 | 7 | 1 in 4,376 |
| Ohio | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,730 |
| Colorado | #901 | 5 | 1 in 5,065 |
| Arizona | #968 | 7 | 1 in 5,470 |
| Indiana | #1,024 | 5 | 1 in 6,617 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,038 | 7 | 1 in 7,905 |
| North Carolina | #1,331 | 5 | 1 in 9,419 |
| Texas | #1,542 | 14 | 1 in 11,870 |
| California | #1,593 | 17 | 1 in 13,810 |
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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
- 19 spots since 2024 (#135 → #154)
- 33 spots since 2020 (#187 → #154)
- 212 spots since 2015 (#366 → #154)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 2009 (#1,250 → #883)
- Biggest drop: 19 spots in 2025 (#135 → #154)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2024 at #135 (2,183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- Highest: 1 in 742 girls born in 2024 were named Ember (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 823 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
- 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.
Ember in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 10,802 of them was named Ember, which outranked 93.4% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,324Adalyn177
- #1,324Ariah177
- #1,324Yvonne177
- #1,327Ember176
- #1,327Adelina176
- #1,327Aya176
- #1,327Sydni176
- #1,331Audra175
- #1,331Jaela175
- #1,331Laniyah175
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 342,546 of them was named Ember, which outranked 24.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,585Zimere7
- #9,585Zyir7
- #9,585Zytavious7
- #10,662Ember6
- #10,662Aaris6
- #10,662Aashir6
- #10,662Abad6
- #12,055Aadhav5
- #12,055Aakarsh5
- #12,055Aalijah5
Tied with 1,392 names at #10,662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.