Ambrosia

#10,987 in 2025Girls' name

Immortal, divine, through Ambrosio

Ambrosia has been given to 1,700 babies in the U.S. since 1900. In 2025 it ranked #10,987 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1981, with 65 recorded.

Babies named Ambrosia, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ambrosia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ambrosia: meaning, origin, and history

Immortal, divine, through Ambrosio

Spanish

What Ambrosia means

Ambrosia belongs to the name family reached through Ambrosia → Ambrosio. Its meaning is “immortal, divine”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ambrosia is used in Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish.

Ambrosia comes through Spanish Ambrosia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ambrosio.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tagalog, Ambrosia is pronounced /ʔamˈbɾosja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,700 girls were recorded with the name Ambrosia between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 65 in 1981; its best national rank was #1,729 in 1900.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,546 in 2020 to #10,987 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,293 in 2015 to #10,987 in 2025.

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 Ambrosia?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,987; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ambrosia 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ambrosia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ambrosias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ambrosia was born before 1994 — so the typical Ambrosia is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 1,636; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (514).

Is Ambrosia 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: +194; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,559; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,694; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 12.3%; Peak was 1981 (65)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,729; 1900

Spellings of Ambrosia

Ambrosia is not the most common spelling — Ambria is, with 55.3% against Ambrosia's 44.7%.

Ambria55.3%2,106
Ambrosia44.7%1,700

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 Ambrosia is used

Across 1910–2025, Ambrosia was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 205,830 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2Colorado1 in 100,000
3New Mexico1 in 100,000
4Texas1 in 100,000
5Indiana1 in —
6Michigan1 in —
7New York1 in —
8Ohio1 in —

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. Ambrosia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ambrosia around the world

Where Ambrosia 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
2012–2012
#5,876
in 2012
France
2003–2014
#7,697
in 2014
Canada
1998–1998
#2,528
in 1998
South Australia
2001–2003
#739
in 2003

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.

Ambrosia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,987
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,559
Best rank ever: #1,729; 1900
Peak year: 1981; 65 that year
First recorded: 1900
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,700
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Ambrosia

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

Amberlyn Amberlee Amberley Amberlynn Ambrielle Ambria Theodosia Amberly Breasia Danasia Tanasia Janasia Jalaysia Ambriel Fantasia Amberleigh Nastassia Talaysia Melissia Theresia Alissia Keasia Myasia Alasia

Sibling names for Ambrosia

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

For a sister

Charissa Tosha Malissa Chrystal Christen Daniel Linsey Thomas

For a brother

Jerod Elizabeth Derrell Torrey Jerrod Whitney Shon Jarrod

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