Girl's name
Amber
Say it AM-ber
Roots in English and Hindi amber
2 syllables
Where Amber is loved, common and rare
Common across British Columbia and one more place. Rare in the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland and nine more places.
1 in 486 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
British Columbia 98thThe Netherlands 110thScotland 126th
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Every place
In 16 of the 40 official lists, among them British Columbia (98th), the Netherlands (110th) and Scotland (126th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria state | 90th 2025 | 70 | rank only |
| British Columbia province | 98th 2023 | 29 | about 1 in 412 |
| The Netherlands | 110th 2025 | 127 | about 1 in 480 |
| Scotland | 126th 2025 | 36 | 1 in 497 |
| Northern Ireland | 132nd 2025 | 15 | 1 in 486 |
| Ireland | 148th 2025 | 31 | 1 in 681 |
| England and Wales | 164th 2025 | 302 | 1 in 839 |
| Ontario province | 209th 2024 | 57 | about 1 in 956 |
| Poland | 461st 2025 | 5 | 1 in 23,958 |
| Quebec province | 500th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 2,889 |
| Catalonia region | 526th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,854 |
| Italy | 541st 2024 | 22 | 1 in 8,144 |
| Berlin city | 937th 2023 | 2 | about 1 in 7,252 |
| Austria | 1026th 2025 | 3 | 1 in 11,907 |
| France | 1096th 2025 | 30 | 1 in 9,560 |
| Switzerland | 1168th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 8,498 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland). How we count, and every source
About the name
Amber is taken from the word amber, which reached English through Old French and Latin from Arabic ʕanbar, 'ambergris'. Its origins are given as English and Hindi.
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Two syllables, AM-ber, give it a warm, rounded sound. Ambar, Ambra and Ambre are forms in other languages, and Amberlynn is a modern blend.
Amber is used in Victoria, British Columbia and Scotland, and in the Netherlands, Poland and Catalonia. It is very much a name of the 1980s: in the Ontario and British Columbia records it peaked in 1987. Today it is falling in more places than it is rising.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- AM-ber, 2 syllables
- Meaning
amber
- Origin
- English and Hindi
- Other spellings
- Ambar
- Ambra
- Ambre
- Amberlynn
- Dzintra
Etymology
From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 2 of 11 regions, falling in 7.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 55 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 88 | 117 | 122 | 122 | 164 |
| Scotland | 38 | 38 | 52 | 55 | 50 | 55 | 76 | 77 | 90 | 126 |
| Northern Ireland | 71 | 67 | 63 | 73 | 101 | 81 | 81 | 264 | 179 | 132 |
| Ireland | 59 | 75 | 82 | 71 | 66 | 80 | 105 | 111 | 135 | 148 |
| Ontario | 264 | 205 | 187 | 245 | 164 | 178 | 184 | 176 | 209 | |
| British Columbia | 301 | 151 | 179 | 82 | 70 | 75 | 124 | 98 | ||
| Victoria | 74 | 71 | 70 | 88 | 90 | |||||
| Queensland | 96 | |||||||||
| South Australia | 96 | 121 | 86 | 81 | 55 | 88 | ||||
| New Zealand | 60 | 88 | 99 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 90 | 99 | ||
| Quebec | 565 | 601 | 601 | 526 | 584 | 722 | 578 | 545 | 500 | |
| France | 1065 | 1161 | 883 | 1227 | 905 | 1006 | 981 | 932 | 913 | 1096 |
| The Netherlands | 67 | 53 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 62 | 114 | 85 | 110 | |
| Switzerland | 646 | 1292 | 603 | 707 | 561 | 1209 | 1298 | 1310 | 995 | 1168 |
| Berlin | 542 | 803 | 491 | 668 | 978 | 562 | 969 | 937 | ||
| Bonn | 512 | 359 | 371 | 168 | ||||||
| Sweden | 617 | 874 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 450 | 613 | 340 | 480 | 425 | 526 | ||||
| Italy | 1141 | 471 | 494 | 592 | 541 | |||||
| Poland | 377 | 567 | 496 | 603 | 601 | 456 | 721 | 714 | 461 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164 | 302 | 119.2 |
| 2024 | 122 | 399 | 154.7 |
| 2023 | 122 | 407 | 158.6 |
| 2022 | 117 | 444 | 168.5 |
| 2021 | 88 | 594 | 216.8 |
| 2020 | 83 | 626 | 233.2 |
| 2019 | 79 | 676 | 241.4 |
| 2018 | 70 | 751 | 260.5 |
| 2017 | 61 | 915 | 305.9 |
| 2016 | 55 | 1,066 | 347.1 |
| 2015 | 57 | 1,085 | 352.3 |
| 2014 | 55 | 1,089 | 355.1 |
| 2013 | 65 | 904 | 293.1 |
| 2012 | 60 | 1,023 | 317.6 |
| 2011 | 52 | 1,201 | 373.8 |
| 2010 | 52 | 1,290 | 401.8 |
| 2009 | 52 | 1,163 | 371.1 |
| 2008 | 49 | 1,228 | 388.9 |
| 2007 | 48 | 1,236 | 403.8 |
| 2006 | 39 | 1,497 | 500.3 |
| 2005 | 38 | 1,562 | 541.9 |
| 2004 | 42 | 1,291 | 451.6 |
| 2003 | 40 | 1,222 | 438.5 |
| 2002 | 36 | 1,296 | 484.7 |
| 2001 | 36 | 1,356 | 506.0 |
| 2000 | 37 | 1,393 | 509.9 |
| 1999 | 34 | 1,595 | 566.2 |
| 1998 | 31 | 1,701 | 588.2 |
| 1997 | 40 | 1,490 | 508.2 |
| 1996 | 40 | 1,422 | 480.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Amber in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 1991. First recorded in 1958. Her peak year there: 1987, at 562.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Amber per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 1987 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Amber
1 in 274 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 559 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 596 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 225 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 2,641 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 383 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 267 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 197 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
1 in 716 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Amber. Same first letter as Amber.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Amber.
Middle names for Amber
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Amber Grace
2-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Amber Olivia
2-4 beats · initials AO · Amber slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Amber slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Amber Sophia
2-3 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Amber Maria
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Amber Rose
2-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Amber Emily
2-3 beats · initials AE · Amber slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Amber slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Amber Julia
2-3 beats · initials AJ
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Amber Miriam
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Amber: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Amber
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 681 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 274 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 662 in Northern Ireland
94% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 293 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 895 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 596 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
1 in 587 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Amber across countries and decades.
Famous people named Amber
Amber Heard, Amber Valletta, Amber Benson, Amber Tamblyn, Amber Rudd, Amber Riley, Amber Rose and Amber Midthunder.
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American actress born 1986
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American model and actress born 1974
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American actress born 1977
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American actress and writer born 1983
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British politician (born 1963)
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American actress and singer born 1986
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American model and television personality born 1983
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American actress born 1997
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Amber
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Amber?
Her best rank is No. 90 in Victoria in 2025. She is in the published lists of 16 of our 40 regions.
What does Amber mean?
Wiktionary glosses Amber as "amber".
How do you pronounce Amber?
AM-ber, with 2 syllables.
Is Amber getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 2 of 11 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Amber?
The deck's top five sisters for Amber: Holly, Madison, Hope, Kate and Taylor. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.