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Ambar

#1,844 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit and Javanese origin

Ambar has been given to 3,031 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,844 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 123 recorded.

Babies named Ambar, 2025

1 in 30,700

Ambar over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ambar: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit and Javanese origin

Sanskrit and Javanese

What Ambar means

Ambar is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Ambar is used in English and Indonesian. Its origins include Sanskrit and Javanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,026 girls were recorded with the name Ambar between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 123 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,397 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,970 in 2020 to #1,844 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,779 in 2015 to #1,844 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ambar between 1980 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1980; its best national rank was #6,287 in 1980.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ambar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,700
108 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,844
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,278 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ambar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,278 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ambar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ambars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ambar was born before 2003 — so the typical Ambar is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
22.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,026
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Choose a decade

1990s — 22.9% of all recorded uses (694).

Is Ambar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−179
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,126
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+935
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.71×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.8%
Peak was 2024 (123)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,397
1981

Spellings of Ambar

Ambar is not the most common spelling — Amber is, with 73.5% against Ambar's 0.59%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ambar is used

Across 2016–2025, Ambar was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 13,907 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 50,000).

210 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 10,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 10,000
  3. 3New York1 in 11,111
  4. 4Arizona1 in 14,286
  5. 5California1 in 14,286
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 20,000
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 25,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ambar around the world

Where Ambar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • France
    2015–2020
    #7,154
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #1,023
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2002
    #730
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ambar

People whose public names include Ambar, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ambar in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ambar. Linked forms have their own page here.

Amber

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ambar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,844
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,126
Best rank ever
#1,397
1981
Peak year
2024
123 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,026
Count in 2025
108

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,287
1980
Peak year
1980
5 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
1980
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ambar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AmbriaAmberlyAmbraAmberleeAmbreAmbikaAmbrosiaAmberlynAmburAmberleyAmbyrAmberlynnAmbreeAmbreaAmbrielAmbryAmbrielleAmberAmbriAmbrieAmberleAmbertAmberleighBarbar

Names with a curve like Ambar

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ambar, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SaharYuriNubiaAustinElysiaKaycieMarielleXeniaBradyMahoganyEvanAryn

Sibling names for Ambar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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