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Amberleigh vs Ambria

American parents have registered 2,106 Ambrias since 1880, against 580 Amberleighs. But in 2025 it was Amberleigh that was commoner, 14 babies to 9.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Amberleigh against Ambria, 1880 to 2025 0 30 60 90 120 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Amberleigh Ambria

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 49 years in which either name was published, Ambria for 44 years and Amberleigh for 5 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.

Side by side

  Amberleigh Ambria
Total US births 5802,106
Most in one year 23108
Babies in 2025 149
Estimated living today 5702,100
Median age today 1925
Peak year 20122002
Best rank 5,710th girls1,695th girls
Rank in 2025 7,491st10,107th
First recorded 19771977
Girls / boys 580 / 02,106 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ambrias alive today are over 25; half the Amberleighs are over 19. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Amberleigh and Ambria.