as a First Name
From the word for the fossilized resin amber, a word derived via Old French and Latin from Arabic ambar. This was first used as a given name at the end of the 19th century. It enjoyed a surge in popularity following the publication of Kathleen Winsor's novel Forever Amber in 1944, and again in the 1990s.
| 206th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 257,135
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 360,125
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Amber per capita
- 1986
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
0.14%
55+
55+
26%
30-54
30-54
51%
13-29
13-29
23%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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