Ambrose

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ambrose: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #155, and it stood at #945 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#155highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2337
1998	#1642
2000	#1703
2001	#2220
2002	#1519
2004	#2304
2005	#1716
2006	#2087
2007	#1885
2008	#2507
2009	#3227
2010	#1483
2011	#2390
2012	#3987
2013	#1404
2014	#2459
2015	#1902
2016	#2175
2017	#1923
2018	#1324
2019	#1369
2020	#1273
2021	#1117
2022	#925
2023	#890
2024	#945

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 53 years from 1964 to 2016.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2175 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2016
Highest recorded position: #155 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #945 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ambrose appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 356 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Ambrose across 2 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.

Ambrose'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 · Boys	#155 (1964)	#155 (1964)	#713 (2016)	21 of 53	116 (1964–2016)	10 (1964)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#890 (2023)	#945 (2024)	27 of 29	356 (1996–2024)	35 (2023)

Ambrose by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Ambrose in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000s	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	124	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	146	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Ambrose 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Ambrose'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	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#890	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1117	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #155, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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Amee · #516, 14y
Ameen · #390, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Clement · #156, 49y
Arlene · #157, 44y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Finola · #149, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Benedict · #155, 51y
Finian · #155, 49y
Juliette · #155, 55y

Ambrose was ranked #155 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. 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.

Ambrose 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 Ambrose without appearing here.

Ambrose moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3987 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #3822.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #3865.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Ambrose

Hudson Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1519 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1160.
Tadhg Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1483 and #1551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #1251.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2087 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1885 and #1440.
Hunter Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1519 and #2254 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1878.

Moved the opposite way to Ambrose

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 while Alexander went from #116 to #49.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 while Benjamin went from #139 to #58.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 while Conor went from #56 to #3.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Ambrose

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 and Adrian from #65 to #156.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 and Alan from #29 to #114.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 and Alfred from #134 to #353.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ambrose went from #155 to #713 and Andrew from #34 to #72.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #155 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ambrose

Ambrose at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ambrose across 2 official records

Ambrose by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ambrose across 2 official records

Ambrose by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ambrose

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Ambrose moved ahead of

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