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Ember

Pronounced EH1 M B ER0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2024
  • 79 years in use
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How popular is Ember?

Ember is a girls' name, and first appears in 1946. It has been given to 21,059 children — the 914th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,172 children were given it.

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2024Girls: 2,172Boys: 38

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
EH1 M B ER0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Ember

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Ember

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Ember?
Ember ranks 914th among girls' names in US records, with 21,059 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,078.
Is Ember a unisex name?
No. Ember is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ember most popular?
2024, when 2,172 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.