How Many People Are Named Ember?
people named Ember are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,929 people in the US has this name
Based on 23,072 babies named Ember in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,222 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ember, 98.2% were girls and 1.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ember alive today is about 8 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ember first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 2024, to 2,222 babies. In 2025, 1,988 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ember has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #135, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #154.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #154 |
| Best rank | #135 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #157 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ember alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ember were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,838 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ember was given 7.4 times as often in Wyoming, 5 times in Montana and 4.7 times in Alaska.
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