Ember
Girl · EM-ber · English
Ember is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “glowing coal”. In 2025 it ranked 241st for girls in the UK (212 babies) and 154th for girls in the US (1,952 babies).
What does Ember mean?
English
“glowing coal”
From the English word for a glowing fragment of coal or wood in a dying fire.
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- EM-ber
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Is Ember a girl's or a boy's name?
Ember is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 212 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 1,952 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Ember in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #241among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 212about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 212 girls in the UK were named Ember, making it the 241st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 460th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 214 girls. 4 boys were also named Ember in 2025 (4,301st for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ember in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 242nd in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Ember in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | #241 |
| 2024 | 214 | #247 |
| 2023 | 117 | #398 |
| 2022 | 124 | #388 |
| 2021 | 135 | #376 |
| 2020 | 97 | #460 |
| 2019 | 91 | #504 |
| 2018 | 91 | #519 |
| 2017 | 69 | #660 |
| 2016 | 76 | #605 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Ember in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #154among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,952about 1 in 820 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,952 girls in the US were named Ember, making it the 154th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 187th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,183 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946. 36 boys were also named Ember in 2025 (3,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ember in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ember in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,952 | #154 |
| 2024 | 2,183 | #135 |
| 2023 | 1,707 | #169 |
| 2022 | 1,836 | #158 |
| 2021 | 1,775 | #162 |
| 2020 | 1,539 | #187 |
| 2019 | 1,541 | #195 |
| 2018 | 1,475 | #208 |
| 2017 | 1,122 | #289 |
| 2016 | 1,021 | #320 |
| 2015 | 902 | #366 |
| 2014 | 741 | #430 |
| 2013 | 523 | #559 |
| 2012 | 508 | #577 |
| 2011 | 424 | #667 |
| 2010 | 326 | #821 |
| 2009 | 311 | #883 |
| 2008 | 201 | #1,250 |
| 2007 | 224 | #1,145 |
| 2006 | 176 | #1,327 |
| 2005 | 160 | #1,355 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,435 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,525 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,959 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 60 | #2,148 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 90 | #1,505 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,049 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
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