Ember
Ember stands at #154 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. First recorded 1946, best year 2024, 22,646 bearers across the whole run.
Ember’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ember, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ember since 1946
Ember peaked in 2024 at #135; #154 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ember is most common
Ember is most common in Wyoming: 1.23% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Alaska (0.79%) and South Dakota (0.59%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ember
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Elliot
#151 in 2025
Elliott
#160 in 2025
Elian
#147 in 2025 · Latin
Emmett
#121 in 2025
Easton
#110 in 2025
Eli
#104 in 2025
Ellis
#243 in 2025
Eithan
#97 in 2025
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About Ember
How popular is the name Ember?
Ember stands at #154 nationally in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. The full curve since 1946 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Ember mean?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Ember, so this page does not invent one.
What names go with Ember?
Nearest by the published recipe: Elliot, Elliott and Elian. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Ember’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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