girls:
30 births since 2019
#5686 (0th percentile)
boys:
10.2k births since 1880
#1159 (75th percentile)
overall:
10.2k births since 1880
#2643 (66th percentile)
The name Ambrose is the #2,643 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,184 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 65.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,159 (74.7% percentile) for all time with 10,154 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,686 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 2019.
Ambrose has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 2019 for girls).
The name Ambrose has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ambrose reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 39.1% percentile (ranked #567) with 214 births per million. The name was most common in 1893, with 430 births per million (ranked 21.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ambrose ranks #613 for boys (32.7% percentile) with 174 births per million, which is 40.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ambrose reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ambrose is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ambrose".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ambrose. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.3% confident that Ambrose is pronounced as A-mbrohz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-MBROHZ, at 47.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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