Amba
Girl · Sanskrit
Amba is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Amba mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
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Is Amba a girl's or a boy's name?
Amba is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Amba, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Amba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Amba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 31 | #803 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Amba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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