Ambrosia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- am-BROH-zhuh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Ambrosia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “immortal”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Ambrosia mean?
Greek: from Greek ambrosia, a- 'not' + brotos 'mortal'
“immortal”
In Greek myth ambrosia was the food or drink of the gods, said to give immortality.
Is Ambrosia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambrosia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ambrosia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Ambrosia, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Ambrosia in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ambrosia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,877 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,066 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,886 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
Names like Ambrosia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Ariana, Anastasia, Alexandria, Aria, Alia, Acacia, Alessia, Amanda, Alessandra, Selena, Angelica
Names related to Ambrosia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ambrosia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ambrosia, updated 20 October 2026.