Amber

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Amber: Recorded since 1970, it reached #29 in 2001, and it stood at #148 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
181times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#29highest recorded position
32groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Amber's record

Held a top-100 place for 49 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,701 births with the name in 1998, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 26 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 363 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#40
1997	#40
1998	#31
1999	#34
2000	#37
2001	#36
2002	#36
2003	#40
2004	#42
2005	#38
2006	#39
2007	#48
2008	#49
2009	#52
2010	#52
2011	#52
2012	#60
2013	#65
2014	#55
2015	#57
2016	#55
2017	#61
2018	#70
2019	#79
2020	#83
2021	#88
2022	#117
2023	#122
2024	#122

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 Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 56 years from 1970 to 2025.

In 2024: #90 among girls in Scotland, #122 among girls in England and Wales, #135 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #179 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1970–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #447 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2023
Highest recorded position: #29 among girls in New Zealand, in 2001 (recorded 1978–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #148 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Amber appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New Zealand · Girls, with 45 ranked years and 3,916 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1970.

Amber across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amber's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#53 (2014)	#148 (2025)	43 of 56	2,328 (1970–2025)	127 (2014)
New Zealand · Girls	#55 (1978)	#29 (2001)	#90 (2023)	45 of 46	3,916 (1978–2023)	148 (1991)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (1976)	#39 (2001)	#100 (2011)	35 of 36	3,978 (1976–2011)	164 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#40 (1996)	#31 (1998)	#122 (2024)	29 of 29	31,919 (1996–2024)	1,701 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#133 (1997)	#50 (2014)	#179 (2024)	28 of 28	766 (1997–2024)	46 (2009)

Amber by decade in New Zealand · 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 Amber in New Zealand · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	190	2 of 10	95
1980s	958	10 of 10	96
1990sbusiest	1,031	10 of 10	103
2000s	982	10 of 10	98
2010s	603	10 of 10	60
2020s	152	3 of 10	51

Across New Zealand · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 103 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1990 and 1991, when recorded births rose by 45, from 103 to 148.

See the names New Zealandhas recorded the most births with →

Amber appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New Zealand in 2001.

Amber'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	#122	399	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#122	407	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#117	444	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#88	594	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#83	626	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#79	676	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#70	751	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#61	915	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#55	1,066	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#57	1,085	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#55	1,089	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#65	904	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#60	1,023	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#52	1,201	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#52	1,290	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#52	1,163	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#49	1,228	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#48	1,236	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#39	1,494	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#38	1,562	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#42	1,291	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#40	1,222	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#36	1,296	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#36	1,356	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#37	1,393	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#34	1,595	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#31	1,701	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#40	1,490	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#40	1,422	High	Verified
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#90	44	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#76	56	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#72	52	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#65	62	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#100	41	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#89	44	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#61	68	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#94	49	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#57	60	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#84	48	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#70	61	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#45	80	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#35	90	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#37	92	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#51	80	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#31	116	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#33	103	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#32	99	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#31	106	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#34	96	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#42	82	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#29	119	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#38	89	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#49	87	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#55	78	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#47	95	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#54	85	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#33	123	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#43	103	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#51	93	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#41	116	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#30	148	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#53	103	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#55	95	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#56	95	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#74	70	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#64	78	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#62	81	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#48	98	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#37	115	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#39	108	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#44	103	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#39	115	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#48	99	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#55	91	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#179	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#81	26	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#81	27	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#101	21	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#73	32	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#63	36	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#67	36	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#71	36	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#59	40	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#50	46	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#72	33	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#102	24	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#106	23	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#65	37	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#54	46	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#101	24	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#84	24	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#70	31	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#70	29	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#76	26	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#76	26	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#96	21	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#94	22	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#100	20	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#101	22	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#91	26	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#133	16	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	31	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	34	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	43	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	49	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	73	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	80	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	82	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	74	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	85	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	107	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	108	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	127	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	73	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	105	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	107	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	99	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	100	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	94	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	96	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	95	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	84	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	71	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	53	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	46	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	48	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	52	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#102	39	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	43	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	39	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	35	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	39	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	26	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	21	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#90	48	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1970 and 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #29, first reached in 2001.

It held a top-100 place in 49 years, 49 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,701 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1976, and 54 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Amba · #736, 28y
Ambar · #1541, 29y
Amber-Rose · #298, 29y
Ambra · #1849, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, 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.

Hayden · #26, 52y
Kyle · #26, 50y
Penelope · #32, 54y
Keira · #33, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Annabelle · #29, 32y
Mie · #29, 45y
Zachary · #29, 41y
Eden · #30, 51y

Amber was ranked #29 in New Zealand · Girls in 2001. 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.

Amber 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 Amber without appearing here.

Amber moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 2006 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #68 and #842.
Ida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #455 and #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #75 and #546.
Marilyn Compare
In 1994 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #130 and #516.
Ingrid Compare
In 1991 they stood at #529 and #347 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #197 and #523.

Moved ahead of Amber

Nina Compare
In 2022 they stood at #81 and #90 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #264 and #84.
Eleanor Compare
In 2022 they stood at #81 and #218 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #264 and #193.
Chloe Compare
In 1985 they stood at #90 and #94 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls; by 1986 that had become #100 and #45.
Riley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #70 and #91 in New Zealand · Girls; by 2015 that had become #94 and #61.

Moved the opposite way to Amber

Aisling Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 while Aisling went from #71 to #180.
Angela Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 while Angela went from #35 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 while Ann went from #4 to #443.
Anne Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 while Anne went from #7 to #544.

Moved the same way as Amber

Amelia Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 and Amelia from #447 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 and Annie from #230 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 and Aoife from #123 to #34.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1970 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Amber went from #447 to #148 and Caoimhe from #363 to #31.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1970 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New Zealand in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amber

Amber at a glance

What stands out in Amber's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amber across 5 official records

Amber by decade in New Zealand · Girls

Amber appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Amber

Amber and the names beside it

Amber moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amber

Moved the opposite way to Amber

Moved the same way as Amber

Amber at a glance

What stands out in Amber's record

Amber across 5 official records

Amber by decade in New Zealand · Girls

Amber appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Amber

Amber and the names beside it

Amber moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amber

Moved the opposite way to Amber

Moved the same way as Amber