Ambrose is a distinctive choice, ranked #945 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ambrose in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#945
US Rank #741
About the Name Ambrose
Ambrose is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 328 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #890 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ambrose is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #741, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ambrose
Unlikely. With around 33 UK babies named Ambrose per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ambrose in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ambrose is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 328 places over the last five years to #945 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Ambrose is more popular in the US (#741) than in the UK (#945). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Ambrose include: Curtly Ambrose — Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies.; Ambrose Akinmusire — Ambrose Olusiji Akinmusire is an American avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer.; Ambrose Burnside — Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of....
Ambrose ranks #741 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
33
UK babies named Ambrose (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 328 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ambrose
Likely around 1 other Ambrose in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Ambrose
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world.
Ambrose of Milan (Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius; c. 339 – 4 April 397), canonized as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.
Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist. He achieved some of the earliest victories in the Eastern theater of the Civil War, but was then promoted above his abilities, and is mainly remembered for two disastrous defeats, at Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater.