How rare is the name Ember?

10,925 people in the United States have the first name Ember, about 1 in 27,646. It ranks #2,328 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EMBER

#2,328

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,925
About
1 in 27,646
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,925 people named Ember, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% as two or more races. 97.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ember peaked in 2024, when 2,222 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
2,222
In 2025*
1,988 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 23,072 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Ember by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #367. The largest share of babies named Ember, 81%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#11,5608
1950s#11,26017
1960s#7,70371
1970s#4,262285
1980s#3,602463
1990s#3,653629
2000s#2,3761,610
2010s#7428,754
2020s#36711,235
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1213.6%
2013 and later81%

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 Ember is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ember has been most common in Alaska (4.8×), Utah (4×), and Wyoming (3.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.21×).

20,567 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 Ember

#2,326 Jazlyn · 10,965#2,327 Althea · 10,948#2,329 Kathrine · 10,914#2,330 Percy · 10,913

Also a last name

As a last name, Ember ranks #109,465 of 156,621, with 172 people. See Ember as a last name

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