Ambrosia
Ambrosia was the 10991st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 1730th; the most babies were born in 1981 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,695 places. More babies were named Ambrosia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,991 girls, up 2,560 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198165 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,700babies recorded
Ambrosia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,991 | 8 |
| 2020 | #13,551 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,503 | 10 |
| 2000 | #2,780 | 52 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,617 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | #1,730 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ambrosia, counting every spelling?
Ambrosia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ambrosia?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ambrosia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ambrosia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ambrosia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ambrosia?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Ambrosia are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 23 and 40. That makes Ambrosia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Ambrosia
How popular is the name Ambrosia?
Ambrosia was the 10991st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1900, when it ranked 1730th; the most babies were born in 1981 (65). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,695 places. More babies were named Ambrosia in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Ambrosia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ambrosia in the US.