How Many People Are Named Ambrose?
people named Ambrose are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,196 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,911 babies named Ambrose in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
411 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ambrose, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ambrose alive today is about 25 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ambrose first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 411 babies. In 2025, 363 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ambrose has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #233, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #735.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #735 |
| Best rank | #233 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #742 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ambrose alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ambrose were born in California than in any other state: about 405 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ambrose was given 3.6 times as often in Minnesota, 3.1 times in Wisconsin and 2.3 times in Louisiana.
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