Ember

What Ember means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ember yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ember?

US: Rising: up from #366 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1033 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 2,183 girls got the name (#135 that year). First in the US records in 1946.

How common

• About 1 in 823 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,319 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,118 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (12.33 per 1,000 girls), AK (7.86 per 1,000 girls), SD (5.9 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ember is #154 in the US and #242 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Ember were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amber576 US · 302 E&W
• Ambar108 US · 15 E&W
• Embry26 US
• Embyr12 US
• Embree8 US
• Embri5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ember

Girls

• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Nora#20Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

For a brother

• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ember’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.