Ambra
Ambra is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Albanian.
- Italian
- Albanian
Meaning & Origin of Ambra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ambra is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Albanian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Albanian
The Story of Ambra
The earliest SSA record of Ambra as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 7 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 63 newborns named Ambra — #1,767 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Ambra on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ambra last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 906 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ambra
Ambra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 906 births in the dataset. Ambra's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #1,767. Use the chart and map above to compare Ambra's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.