Amber: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AM-ber · 2 syllables

Amber means “ambergris”, from English and French and Latin.

From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic (anbar, “ambergris”).

How popular is Amber?

Amber was the #520 name in the US in 2025, given to 576 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Amber in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Amber are older than 38; most are between 23 and 51. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Amber have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Amber means “ambergris”. It comes from English and French and Latin.

Amber is pronounced AM-ber.

Amber was the #520 name in the US in 2025, given to 576 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Amber are older than 38. Most are between 23 and 51.