Ambrose
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
Down 2,781 since 2024
#735
recorded as boys
Up 4 since 2024
Babies in 2025
363
girls 5 · boys 358
Peak year
1893
52 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
10,911
since 1880
Born an Ambrose? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ambrose was most popular in 1893, when 52 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.46 per 1,000). In 2025, 358 babies were named Ambrose, ranking #735 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 70%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 358 | 735 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12161 | 349 | 739 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8989 | 320 | 788 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 365 | 721 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10292 | 402 | 672 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 281 | 818 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 222 | 961 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 118 | 1465 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 97 | 1630 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 97 | 1641 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 101 | 1588 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 89 | 1701 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 95 | 1613 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 75 | 1909 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 56 | 2284 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 60 | 2187 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 53 | 2401 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 67 | 2062 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 59 | 2235 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 59 | 2176 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 50 | 2325 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 49 | 2316 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 42 | 2470 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 42 | 2403 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 25 | 3410 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 41 | 2330 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 29 | 2865 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 29 | 2782 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 35 | 2347 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 28 | 2679 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 30 | 2500 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 26 | 2766 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 40 | 2007 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 34 | 2214 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 45 | 1768 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 41 | 1870 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 36 | 1993 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 41 | 1706 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 41 | 1655 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 40 | 1617 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 40 | 1594 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 25 | 2098 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 37 | 1594 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 28 | 1929 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 36 | 1629 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 36 | 1619 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 37 | 1570 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 31 | 1718 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 35 | 1571 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 26 | 1873 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 44 | 1304 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 29 | 1659 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 28 | 1653 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 33 | 1473 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 32 | 1526 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 28 | 1615 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 25 | 1642 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 47 | 1083 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 22 | 1652 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 28 | 1450 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 43 | 1144 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 49 | 1082 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 39 | 1238 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 57 | 1013 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 39 | 1262 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 51 | 1083 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 44 | 1172 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 51 | 1071 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 46 | 1130 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 47 | 1106 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 49 | 1075 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 63 | 933 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 55 | 966 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 56 | 953 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 46 | 1052 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 37 | 1181 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 47 | 1013 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 64 | 852 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 59 | 906 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 45 | 1019 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 46 | 954 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 66 | 769 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 83 | 703 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 85 | 699 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 47 | 925 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 64 | 770 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 55 | 818 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 67 | 749 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 63 | 771 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 79 | 660 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 80 | 663 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 74 | 708 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 84 | 632 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 104 | 581 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 72 | 717 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 104 | 591 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 104 | 591 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 123 | 547 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 111 | 589 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 155 | 482 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 165 | 467 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 166 | 479 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 158 | 485 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 170 | 472 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 195 | 437 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 209 | 406 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 187 | 431 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 192 | 420 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 199 | 403 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 179 | 418 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 187 | 393 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 147 | 392 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 122 | 381 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 98 | 388 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 42 | 452 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 48 | 370 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 41 | 371 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 25 | 499 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 27 | 448 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 33 | 363 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 24 | 452 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 34 | 344 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 32 | 340 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 26 | 388 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 35 | 294 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 47 | 305 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 28 | 336 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 43 | 274 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 37 | 299 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 42 | 282 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 38 | 289 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 34 | 298 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 52 | 239 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 31 | 335 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 27 | 325 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 37 | 282 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 27 | 338 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 41 | 280 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 29 | 307 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 30 | 311 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 32 | 298 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 36 | 288 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 36 | 275 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 38 | 277 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 43 | 233 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 32 | 291 |
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Where Ambrose is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years