Ambra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AHM-bra
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Ambra is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “amber”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Ambra mean?
Italian: Italian word for amber, ultimately from Arabic anbar
“amber”
The Italian word for amber; both it and English amber go back to Arabic anbar, originally meaning ambergris.
Is Ambra a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ambra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ambra, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ambra than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Ambra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ambra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Ambra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Ambra in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ambra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,250 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
Names like Ambra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla, Aisha, Zaisha, Azwa, Ayma, Aysha, Amira, Zaira, Khadija, Hiba, Safa, Summer
Names related to Ambra
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ambra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ambra, updated 20 October 2026.