Amber remains a common girls' name (#521 in 2025), down from a peak of #13 in 1986.
Amber is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #520 for girl births in the United States (and #1,052 across all names), given to 576 babies. Amber was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1986 (16,954 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 576 | 576 | #520 | — |
| 2024 | 562 | 562 | #540 | — |
| 2023 | 519 | 519 | #575 | — |
| 2022 | 570 | 570 | #541 | — |
| 2021 | 579 | 579 | #534 | — |
| 2020 | 596 | 596 | #510 | — |
| 2019 | 653 | 653 | #480 | — |
| 2018 | 666 | 666 | #469 | — |
| 2017 | 782 | 782 | #403 | — |
| 2016 | 872 | 872 | #375 | — |
| 2015 | 978 | 983 | #334 | — |
| 2014 | 1,064 | 1,064 | #305 | — |
| 2013 | 1,114 | 1,114 | #285 | — |
| 2012 | 1,237 | 1,237 | #261 | — |
| 2011 | 1,238 | 1,238 | #258 | — |
| 2010 | 1,419 | 1,419 | #222 | — |
| 2009 | 1,781 | 1,781 | #185 | #11,066 |
| 2008 | 2,063 | 2,063 | #165 | — |
| 2007 | 2,405 | 2,405 | #145 | — |
| 2006 | 2,594 | 2,594 | #136 | #10,747 |
| 2005 | 3,157 | 3,157 | #101 | #7,124 |
| 2004 | 3,660 | 3,665 | #87 | #4,135 |
| 2003 | 4,129 | 4,136 | #74 | #9,628 |
| 2002 | 4,728 | 4,734 | #65 | #10,750 |
| 2001 | 5,578 | 5,583 | #51 | #9,297 |
| 2000 | 6,192 | 6,200 | #47 | #6,337 |
| 1999 | 6,852 | 6,860 | #41 | #5,669 |
| 1998 | 7,940 | 7,954 | #37 | #5,857 |
| 1997 | 8,930 | — | #29 | #4,068 |
| 1996 | 9,790 | — | #27 | #3,551 |
| 1995 | 10,986 | — | #22 | #3,196 |
| 1994 | 12,363 | — | #21 | #3,332 |
| 1993 | 14,091 | — | #17 | #2,786 |
| 1992 | 13,941 | — | #19 | #2,838 |
| 1991 | 15,023 | — | #16 | #2,296 |
| 1990 | 15,909 | — | #15 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 16,822 | — | #14 | #1,392 |
| 1988 | 16,738 | — | #15 | #1,309 |
| 1987 | 16,804 | — | #15 | #1,338 |
| 1986 | 17,008 | — | #13 | #1,335 |
| 1985 | 15,552 | — | #16 | #1,452 |
| 1984 | 15,419 | — | #18 | #1,323 |
| 1983 | 14,940 | — | #17 | #1,347 |
| 1982 | 14,727 | — | #18 | #1,343 |
| 1981 | 13,869 | — | #20 | #1,236 |
| 1980 | 12,598 | — | #22 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 11,107 | — | #22 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 8,207 | — | #30 | #1,652 |
| 1977 | 7,233 | — | #33 | #1,908 |
| 1976 | 5,659 | — | #49 | #2,951 |
| 1975 | 4,702 | — | #59 | #2,289 |
| 1974 | 3,285 | — | #92 | #2,951 |
| 1973 | 2,188 | — | #130 | #3,705 |
| 1972 | 1,822 | — | #161 | #3,157 |
| 1971 | 1,729 | — | #180 | #3,672 |
| 1970 | 1,288 | — | #243 | — |
| 1969 | 1,026 | — | #277 | — |
| 1968 | 887 | — | #293 | — |
| 1967 | 627 | — | #358 | — |
| 1966 | 528 | — | #400 | — |
| 1965 | 525 | — | #404 | — |
| 1964 | 479 | — | #445 | — |
| 1963 | 401 | — | #484 | — |
| 1962 | 377 | — | #498 | — |
| 1961 | 340 | — | #535 | #4,079 |
| 1960 | 282 | — | #589 | — |
| 1959 | 208 | — | #694 | — |
| 1958 | 163 | — | #783 | — |
| 1957 | 137 | — | #869 | — |
| 1956 | 122 | — | #908 | — |
| 1955 | 129 | — | #853 | — |
| 1954 | 107 | — | #933 | — |
| 1953 | 98 | — | #954 | — |
| 1952 | 108 | — | #887 | — |
| 1951 | 96 | — | #946 | — |
| 1950 | 87 | — | #972 | — |
| 1949 | 93 | — | #918 | — |
| 1948 | 88 | — | #924 | — |
| 1947 | 87 | — | #951 | — |
| 1946 | 98 | — | #834 | — |
| 1945 | 65 | — | #954 | — |
| 1944 | 25 | — | #1,665 | — |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,834 | — |
| 1942 | 19 | — | #1,982 | — |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,811 | — |
| 1940 | 20 | — | #1,792 | — |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,799 | — |
| 1938 | 21 | — | #1,704 | — |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,453 | — |
| 1936 | 22 | — | #1,594 | — |
| 1935 | 20 | — | #1,722 | — |
| 1934 | 28 | — | #1,373 | — |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,545 | — |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #2,136 | — |
| 1931 | 23 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,749 | — |
| 1929 | 25 | — | #1,558 | — |
| 1928 | 37 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,622 | — |
| 1926 | 29 | — | #1,515 | — |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,348 | — |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,612 | — |
| 1923 | 24 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1922 | 34 | — | #1,368 | — |
| 1921 | 38 | — | #1,258 | — |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,550 | — |
| 1919 | 33 | — | #1,350 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1917 | 40 | — | #1,127 | — |
| 1916 | 52 | — | #949 | — |
| 1915 | 39 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1914 | 38 | — | #956 | — |
| 1913 | 35 | — | #901 | — |
| 1912 | 19 | — | #1,218 | — |
| 1911 | 14 | — | #1,244 | — |
| 1910 | 28 | — | #813 | — |
| 1909 | 19 | — | #936 | — |
| 1908 | 20 | — | #882 | — |
| 1907 | 24 | — | #762 | — |
| 1906 | 16 | — | #919 | — |
| 1905 | 18 | — | #872 | — |
| 1904 | 29 | — | #641 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,445 | — |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1901 | 13 | — | #921 | — |
| 1900 | 15 | — | #971 | — |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #985 | — |
| 1898 | 15 | — | #888 | — |
| 1897 | 15 | — | #829 | — |
| 1896 | 17 | — | #790 | — |
| 1895 | 16 | — | #789 | — |
| 1894 | 12 | — | #909 | — |
| 1893 | 15 | — | #768 | — |
| 1892 | 10 | — | #961 | — |
| 1891 | 10 | — | #894 | — |
| 1890 | 10 | — | #873 | — |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #953 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | — | #898 | — |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #793 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #931 | — |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #835 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #583 | — |