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How popular is the name Amber?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ambers are alive today.
Amber (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 164th in 2025 with 302 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1998, when 1,701 babies were given the name, the 31st most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 18% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 34,000 babies have been named Amber in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Amber you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Ambers born in England and Wales are between 15 and 30, and there are at least 42,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Amber.
How many babies are named Amber each year?
Where does Amber rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Amber most popular?
Amber peaked in 1998, when 1,701 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Amber?
At least 42,000 people named Amber born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Amber?
Most living Ambers are between 15 and 30; the most common age is about 28.
Is Amber becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.