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Ambrose

Boy's name · #735 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Ambrose was #233 in 1881, slipped to #3416 by 2001, and has climbed back to #735 today. Roughly 11,000 boys have been named Ambrose since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#859 in Canada (2025) · #873 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,764 in France (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #720 in Poland (2024) · #1,866 in Austria (2021) · #3,595 in Ecuador (2021) · #713 in Ireland (2016).

Famous Ambroses

• Ambrose Bierce — American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–c. 1914)
• Ambrose — Christian bishop and theologian (c. 339–397)
• Ambrose Burnside — American general and politician (1824–1881)
• Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini — Prime Minister of Eswatini from 2018 to 2020 (1968–2020)
• Ambrose Powell Hill — Confederate Army general (1825–1865)

In stories & tradition

• Ambrose Monk^it — Monk (TV series)
• Ambrose Spellman — Fictional character in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
• Ambrose Kemper — Hello, Dolly! (musical stage work)

What Ambroses become

Among 234 notable people named Ambrose:

Lawyers & judges appear 3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ambrose Lam, Hong Kong solicitor known for pro-Beijing political stance (born 1961).

Similar names: Lucian · Hampton · Blaise · Foster · Augustus · Porter

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