Amba

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Amba: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Amba: Recorded since 1996, it reached #736 in 1999, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#736highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1045
1998	#1319
1999	#736
2000	#1195
2001	#753
2002	#1317
2003	#1996
2004	#1043
2005	#1165
2006	#1660
2007	#2627
2008	#1914
2009	#1411
2010	#2235
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#1956
2014	#2058
2015	#2496
2016	#2367
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2019	#2286
2020	#3899
2021	#4634
2023	#4709
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #736 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Amba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amba in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	70	4 of 10	18
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	99	10 of 10	10
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Amba appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in England and Wales in 1999.

Amba's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1043	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#753	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #736, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
33births registered in its largest year, 200125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Amber · #29, 52y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Phillippa · #736, 23y
Anam · #735, 29y
Eesha · #735, 28y
Chace · #734, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Flavia · #736, 29y
Isadora · #736, 30y
Ishani · #736, 26y
Masuma · #736, 22y

Amba was ranked #736 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Amba and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amba without appearing here.

Amba moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #5742.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #5691.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1045 and #3824.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Amba

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Selma Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2163.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Amba

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Amba

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Amba went from #2350 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #736 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amba

Amba at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amba appears in

Popularity data

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Amba at a glance

Amba by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Amba appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Amba

Amba and the names beside it

Amba moved ahead of

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