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Ambrose

#735 in 2025Boys' name

Immortal, divine

Ambrose has been given to 10,911 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #735 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 402 recorded.

Babies named Ambrose, 2025

1 in 9,260

Ambrose over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ambrose: meaning, origin, and history

Immortal, divine

Ancient Greek

What Ambrose means

Ambrose means “immortal, divine”, associated with ambrósios.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ambrose (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ambrose is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Ambrose comes through Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ambrose is pronounced /ˈæmbɹoʊz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,868 boys were recorded with the name Ambrose between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 402 in 2021; its best national rank was #233 in 1881.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #818 in 2020 to #735 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,588 in 2015 to #735 in 2025.

In the United States, 43 girls were recorded with the name Ambrose between 2019 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2023; its best national rank was #9,021 in 2023.

How common is Ambrose?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,260
358 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,770
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#735
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,420 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ambrose sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,420 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ambrose. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ambroses were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ambrose was born before 1951 — so the typical Ambrose is around 74 today.

Median birth year
1951
About 74 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
19.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,486
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 19.1% of all recorded uses (2,075).

Is Ambrose 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
+4
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+83
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+853
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.54×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
89.1%
Peak was 2021 (402)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#233
1881

Spellings of Ambrose

Ambrose is the most-used spelling, taking 92.0% of the 11,813 babies given a near-identical spelling.

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 Ambrose is used

Across 2016–2025, Ambrose was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 3,030 boys, against 1 in 7,165 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 25,000).

433 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 3,030
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 3,846
  3. 3Colorado1 in 4,000
  4. 4Kansas1 in 4,000
  5. 5New Mexico1 in 4,000
  6. 6Oregon1 in 4,000
  7. 7Iowa1 in 4,348
  8. 8Michigan1 in 4,348

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Geographically, Ambrose is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 38% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Ambrose around the world

Where Ambrose 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
    #873
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    1964–2016
    #713
    in 2016
  • France
    2011–2025
    #2,039
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #808
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, 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. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ambrose

People whose public names include Ambrose, 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.

Ambrose in other languages

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

EmrysAmbrosioAmbrožAmbrosiAmbrożyAmbrogioAmbrosius

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

Ambrose by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#735
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 83
Best rank ever
#233
1881
Peak year
2021
402 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,868
Count in 2025
358

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,080
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#9,021
2023
Peak year
2023
11 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Ambrose

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

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Names with a curve like Ambrose

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

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Sibling names for Ambrose

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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