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Ember

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Girl · English

Ember

Say it: EM-bur

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Meaning

From the English word ember, a glowing coal.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A word name that rose in the US in the 2000s and 2010s.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

05010018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2020per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 13,359 babies given this name since 1946
  • At its height in 2020, about 1 in 1,100 girls
  • 1,549 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.