#1372024 rank
2024peak year
20,670babies named Ember since 1880
▲ +41%5-year trend
Ember popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Ember mean?
Taken from the English word for smoldering coals, from Old English aemerge. It rose as a girl's name in recent decades, sharing the fashionable -er ending with Harper and Piper.
OriginEnglish
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemodern, nature
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