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How popular is “Amber” in the USA?

Number of people named “Amber” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Amber” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Amber” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Amber” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Amber” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Amber” by birth year

This chart shows how “Amber” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1893 15 0.000046122 15 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 100%
1898 15 0.000039323 15 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 100%
1903 7 0.000018363 7 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 18 0.000042461 18 100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 28 0.000047401 28 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 100%
1913 35 0.00003078 35 100%
1914 38 0.00002683 38 100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 100%
1916 52 0.000026881 52 100%
1917 40 0.000019933 40 100%
1918 29 0.000013357 29 100%
1919 33 0.000015638 33 100%
1920 28 0.000012375 28 100%
1921 38 0.000016278 38 100%
1922 34 0.000014853 34 100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 29 0.000012631 29 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 37 0.000016365 37 100%
1929 25 0.000011404 25 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 23 0.00001093 23 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 11 0.000005502 11 100%
1934 28 0.000013482 28 100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 19 0.000008623 19 100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 19 0.000006955 19 100%
1943 22 0.000007794 22 100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 100%
1945 65 0.000024501 65 100%
1946 98 0.00003067 98 100%
1947 87 0.000024151 87 100%
1948 88 0.000025489 88 100%
1949 93 0.000026688 93 100%
1950 87 0.000024833 87 100%
1951 96 0.00002606 96 100%
1952 108 0.000028436 108 100%
1953 98 0.00002543 98 100%
1954 107 0.00002688 107 100%
1955 129 0.000032129 129 100%
1956 122 0.00002959 122 100%
1957 137 0.000032602 137 100%
1958 163 0.00003943 163 100%
1959 208 0.000050024 208 100%
1960 282 0.000067889 282 100%
1961 340 0.00008208 335 5 97%
1962 377 0.000093424 377 100%
1963 401 0.000101309 401 100%
1964 479 0.000123212 479 100%
1965 525 0.00014481 525 100%
1966 528 0.000151914 528 100%
1967 627 0.000184689 627 100%
1968 887 0.000262549 887 100%
1969 1026 0.000295224 1026 100%
1970 1289 0.000357409 1289 100%
1971 1729 0.000503736 1721 8 99%
1972 1822 0.000579702 1812 10 99%
1973 2188 0.000725251 2180 8 99%
1974 3285 0.001080593 3273 12 99%
1975 4702 0.001557266 4683 19 99%
1976 5659 0.00186501 5646 13 100%
1977 7233 0.002277039 7207 26 99%
1978 8207 0.002585802 8174 33 99%
1979 11108 0.003338744 11080 28 99%
1980 12598 0.003657419 12553 45 99%
1981 13868 0.004008817 13813 55 99%
1982 14726 0.004197879 14677 49 99%
1983 14941 0.004314045 14893 48 99%
1984 15419 0.004419628 15369 50 99%
1985 15552 0.004357389 15506 46 99%
1986 17009 0.004781734 16955 54 99%
1987 16804 0.00466051 16749 55 99%
1988 16738 0.004529852 16676 62 99%
1989 16822 0.004375662 16760 62 99%
1990 15909 0.00402507 15866 43 99%
1991 15024 0.00385699 14993 31 100%
1992 13941 0.003629266 13917 24 100%
1993 14091 0.003737389 14065 26 100%
1994 12363 0.003325485 12343 20 100%
1995 10986 0.002999873 10965 21 100%
1996 9790 0.002684255 9771 19 100%
1997 8930 0.002462939 8914 16 100%
1998 7940 0.00215866 7930 10 100%
1999 6852 0.001854967 6841 11 100%
2000 6191 0.001637872 6181 10 100%
2001 5578 0.001490093 5572 6 100%
2002 4728 0.001264749 4723 5 100%
2003 4129 0.001085916 4123 6 100%
2004 3660 0.000957884 3639 21 99%
2005 3156 0.000820839 3146 10 99%
2006 2594 0.000655682 2588 6 100%
2007 2405 0.000601598 2405 100%
2008 2063 0.000524848 2063 100%
2009 1781 0.000466209 1775 6 99%
2010 1419 0.000383956 1419 100%
2011 1236 0.000337909 1236 100%
2012 1237 0.000338221 1237 100%
2013 1114 0.000305568 1114 100%
2014 1064 0.000287073 1064 100%
2015 978 0.000264259 978 100%
2016 871 0.000237414 871 100%
2017 782 0.000218668 782 100%
2018 665 0.000189141 665 100%
2019 653 0.000188134 653 100%
2020 594 0.000177814 594 100%
2021 579 0.0001709 579 100%
2022 569 0.000168187 569 100%
2023 519 0.000156741 519 100%
2024 558 0.000167643 558 100%

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