Ember
Rank in 2025
#154
recorded as girls
Down 19 since 2024
#3240
recorded as boys
Down 136 since 2024
Babies in 2025
1,988
girls 1,952 · boys 36
Peak year
2024
2,183 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
23,072
since 1946
Born an Ember? 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
Ember was most popular in 2024, when 2,183 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,952 babies were named Ember, ranking #154 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 32%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,952 | 154 | 36 | 3240 |
| 2024 | 2,183 | 135 | 39 | 3104 |
| 2023 | 1,707 | 169 | 42 | 2952 |
| 2022 | 1,836 | 158 | 36 | 3278 |
| 2021 | 1,775 | 162 | 57 | 2373 |
| 2020 | 1,539 | 187 | 33 | 3344 |
| 2019 | 1,541 | 195 | 27 | 3899 |
| 2018 | 1,475 | 208 | 24 | 4226 |
| 2017 | 1,122 | 289 | 26 | 3993 |
| 2016 | 1,021 | 320 | 23 | 4327 |
| 2015 | 902 | 366 | 17 | 5289 |
| 2014 | 741 | 430 | 10 | 7562 |
| 2013 | 523 | 559 | 9 | 8118 |
| 2012 | 508 | 577 | 14 | 6001 |
| 2011 | 424 | 667 | 9 | 8079 |
| 2010 | 326 | 821 | 12 | 6698 |
| 2009 | 311 | 883 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 224 | 1145 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 176 | 1327 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 160 | 1355 | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | 143 | 1436 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 127 | 1526 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 98 | 1821 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 90 | 1922 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 80 | 1962 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 83 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 74 | 1945 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 69 | 2014 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 55 | 2367 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 60 | 2209 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 52 | 2417 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 48 | 2576 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 48 | 2550 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 60 | 2153 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 60 | 2072 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 90 | 1506 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 41 | 2493 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 31 | 2973 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 29 | 3084 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 49 | 2050 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 40 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 42 | 2327 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 46 | 2195 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 35 | 2651 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 50 | 2020 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 48 | 1987 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 35 | 2463 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 36 | 2292 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 30 | 2565 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 19 | 3426 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 21 | 3122 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 14 | 4091 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 14 | 4123 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 18 | 3435 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 11 | 4418 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 11 | 4222 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | 4982 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 14 | 3515 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 5 | 6592 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 9 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 5673 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | 4908 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
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Where Ember is most popular
- Wyoming7.3×
- Montana4.5×
- Alaska4.4×
- South Dakota3.1×
- Idaho3.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 98% · boys 2% across all years