Ambrose
Boy · AM-brohz · Greek
Ambrose is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “immortal”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 735th for boys in the US (358 babies).
What does Ambrose mean?
Greek: via Latin Ambrosius
“immortal”
Saint Ambrose (c. 340-397), Bishop of Milan, baptised Saint Augustine; ambrosia was the food of the Greek gods.
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- AM-brohz
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Is Ambrose a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambrose is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 358 boys in the US.
How popular is Ambrose in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Ambrose, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ambrose in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Ambrose in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,003 |
| 2023 | 36 | #950 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,166 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Ambrose in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #735among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 358about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 358 boys in the US were named Ambrose, making it the 735th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 818th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 402 boys. 5 girls were also named Ambrose in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ambrose in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ambrose in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 358 | #735 |
| 2024 | 349 | #739 |
| 2023 | 320 | #788 |
| 2022 | 365 | #721 |
| 2021 | 402 | #672 |
| 2020 | 281 | #818 |
| 2019 | 222 | #961 |
| 2018 | 118 | #1,465 |
| 2017 | 97 | #1,630 |
| 2016 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2014 | 89 | #1,701 |
| 2013 | 95 | #1,612 |
| 2012 | 75 | #1,908 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 49 | #2,312 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 42 | #2,399 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 45 | #1,762 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 41 | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,070 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,105 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,074 |
| 1954 | 63 | #932 |
| 1953 | 55 | #965 |
| 1952 | 56 | #952 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1948 | 64 | #851 |
| 1947 | 59 | #905 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 46 | #954 |
| 1944 | 66 | #769 |
| 1943 | 83 | #703 |
| 1942 | 85 | #699 |
| 1941 | 47 | #925 |
| 1940 | 64 | #770 |
| 1939 | 55 | #818 |
| 1938 | 67 | #749 |
| 1937 | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | 79 | #660 |
| 1935 | 80 | #663 |
| 1934 | 74 | #708 |
| 1933 | 84 | #632 |
| 1932 | 104 | #581 |
| 1931 | 72 | #717 |
| 1930 | 104 | #591 |
| 1929 | 104 | #591 |
| 1928 | 123 | #547 |
| 1927 | 111 | #589 |
| 1926 | 155 | #482 |
| 1925 | 165 | #467 |
| 1924 | 166 | #479 |
| 1923 | 158 | #485 |
| 1922 | 170 | #472 |
| 1921 | 195 | #437 |
| 1920 | 209 | #406 |
| 1919 | 187 | #431 |
| 1918 | 192 | #420 |
| 1917 | 199 | #403 |
| 1916 | 179 | #418 |
| 1915 | 187 | #393 |
| 1914 | 147 | #392 |
| 1913 | 122 | #381 |
| 1912 | 98 | #388 |
| 1911 | 42 | #452 |
| 1910 | 48 | #370 |
| 1909 | 41 | #371 |
| 1908 | 25 | #499 |
| 1907 | 27 | #448 |
| 1906 | 33 | #363 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 34 | #344 |
| 1903 | 32 | #340 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 35 | #294 |
| 1900 | 47 | #305 |
| 1899 | 28 | #336 |
| 1898 | 43 | #274 |
| 1897 | 37 | #299 |
| 1896 | 42 | #282 |
| 1895 | 38 | #289 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 52 | #239 |
| 1892 | 31 | #335 |
| 1891 | 27 | #325 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | 27 | #338 |
| 1888 | 41 | #280 |
| 1887 | 29 | #307 |
| 1886 | 30 | #311 |
| 1885 | 32 | #298 |
| 1884 | 36 | #288 |
| 1883 | 36 | #275 |
| 1882 | 38 | #277 |
| 1881 | 43 | #233 |
| 1880 | 32 | #291 |
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