Girls' name · peaked in 2024
Ember name popularity since 1925
23,072 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ember (98.2% girls, 1.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Ember is about 7 years old in 2026. Ember peaked in 2024 as the #135 name for girls, and it ranked #154 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,072
- Named Ember, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #154
- for girls in 2025 (1,952 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.2% girls
- 22,646 girls · 426 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.83× its national share
Peak year is the year Ember made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ember births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Ember both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2013 and 2018, Ember became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 3,360 baby girls to 1 in 1,150.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ember's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ember.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ember in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 8 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 17 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 71 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 285 | 0 | #2,575 |
| 1980s | 463 | 0 | #3,108 |
| 1990s | 629 | 0 | #2,372 |
| 2000s | 1,598 | 12 | #1,356 |
| 2010s | 8,583 | 171 | #366 |
| 2020–25 | 10,992 | 243 | #154 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
81.0% of babies named Ember from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Ember is most popular
The index compares Ember's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ember.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.83× | 678 |
| Idaho | 3.78× | 313 |
| Oregon | 2.50× | 488 |
| Colorado | 2.32× | 595 |
| Washington | 2.32× | 807 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ember's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ember.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ember (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data