How rare is the name Ambrose?

3,945 people in the United States have the first name Ambrose, about 1 in 76,561. It ranks #4,642 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AMBROSE

#4,642

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,945
About
1 in 76,561
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,945 people named Ambrose, 50.2% reported their origin as White, 22% as Black and 12.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ambrose peaked in 2021, when 411 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
411
In 2025*
363 ▼12%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,911 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ambrose by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #631. The largest share of babies named Ambrose, 27.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#631344
1890s#744369
1900s#990324
1910s#8831,401
1920s#1,0491,556
1930s#1,418782
1940s#1,847606
1950s#2,420494
1960s#2,953400
1970s#3,894323
1980s#4,254360
1990s#5,581337
2000s#5,459487
2010s#3,5161,016
2020s#1,5062,112
Before 19017%
Greatest Generation 1901–2727.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.8%
Baby boom 1946–648.7%
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–965.2%
Generation Z 1997–127.1%
2013 and later26.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ambrose is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ambrose has been most common in Minnesota (3.7×), Wisconsin (3.1×), and Iowa (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.3×).

4,948 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ambrose

#4,639 Lenard · 3,949#4,641 Carlota · 3,948#4,643 Giavanna · 3,944#4,644 Lita · 3,942

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ambrose, most common first.

#9,012 Ambrosia · 1,572#9,428 Ambrosio · 1,473#17,651 Ambre · 620#22,912 Ambree · 431#44,078 Ambrie · 158

Also a last name

As a last name, Ambrose ranks #2,192 of 156,621, with 16,202 people. See Ambrose as a last name

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