Ember Girl
How popular is Ember?
#154 girl name in 2025
1,952 baby girls were named Ember in the US in 2025, making it the 154th most popular girl name. Another 36 boys got the name (#3,239 for boys).
Ember popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #154 for girls (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,952 girls, 36 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+116% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #366 in 2015, #187 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (2,183 girls) |
| Highest rank | #135 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ember counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ember family of names ranked #176 for girls in 2025 (#159 the year before), with 1,964 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ember | 1,952 | 99% |
| Embyr | 12 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ember is most popular
Babies named Ember per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 11.7 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Alaska: 7.4 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Montana: 6.9 per 1,000 (93 girls)
- South Dakota: 4.8 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Idaho: 4.2 per 1,000 (141 girls)
Ember by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,906 |
| 1960s | 71 | #3,514 |
| 1970s | 285 | #1,987 |
| 1980s | 463 | #1,505 |
| 1990s | 629 | #1,842 |
| 2000s | 1,598 | #883 |
| 2010s | 8,583 | #195 |
| 2020s | 10,992 | #135 |
Girl names about as popular as Ember
Questions
- Is Ember a boy or girl name?
- Ember is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Ember were girls.
- How popular is the name Ember?
- 1,952 baby girls were named Ember in the US in 2025, making it the 154th most popular girl name. Another 36 boys got the name (#3,239 for boys).
- When was Ember most popular?
- Ember peaked in 2024, when 2,183 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #135 in 2024.
- How many people are named Ember?
- 23,072 babies have been named Ember in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,936 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Ember most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ember was most common in Wyoming, at 11.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.