Spellings

Amber or Ambar?

In the US in 2025, 84% of babies in this name family were spelled Amber and 16% Ambar. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Amber already led in 2015, with 94% of the family's births; it has 84% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,041 to 684 births (−34%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Amber978576−41%
Ambar63108+71%

How they sound

  • Amber /ˈæmbər/ (AM-bur)
  • Ambar /ˈɑmbɑr/ (AHM-bar)
  • Ambre /ˈɑ̃bʁ/ (AHNBR)

In France

In France in 2025: Amber 30 births and Ambre 2,805 births (#3 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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