Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Amber

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Amber
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1986

Peak rank proxy

16,955

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19862024

Peak year

1986

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

558

All-time

374,103

Amber once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1986, when 16,955 girls were named Amber.

In 2024, only 558 girls were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 374,103 Americans have been named Amber and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

198616,955 girls named Amber

2024558 girls named Amber

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