Ambrose
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Ambrose
Gentle but grandiose and beloved by British novelists including Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse, Ambrose was a fast rising name in 2022. Entering the UK Top 1000 for the first time and proving popular among Nameberry users, its elegance, softness, and vintage style means it fits in with popular Theodore, Sebastian, and Jeremiah.
With an air of blooming well-being, Ambrose feels a bit upper-class, a little posh, but not too stuffy. It comes from the same Greek root as 'ambrosia', the food of the gods, said to confer immortality.
Ambrose was the name of one of the important doctors of the early Christian church, the fourth century St. Ambrose. It also belonged to one of the four great Latin teachers of Christianity, who also developed the use of music in church services. TV fanatics might be interested to know that in 1961, Ambrose was designated the patron saint of educational television by Pope John XXII.
One thing that might given some parents pause is the problem of finding a nickname for the stately Ambrose. Ami? Bro? Amby? They might work for some, but other options include the stylish Bo, the literary Bram, the sweet Ro, or even the unexpected and unisex Rose.
Ambrose is also given to girls, where it ranks #15084 in the US.
Pronounced AM-brohz.
As of October 2026, Ambrose ranked #735 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #233 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #103.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,701 | 89 | 46.3 |
| 2015 | #1,588 | 101 | 52.7 |
| 2016 | #1,641 | 97 | 51.1 |
| 2017 | #1,643 | 96 | 51.9 |
| 2018 | #1,465 | 118 | 65 |
| 2019 | #961 | 222 | 123.7 |
| 2020 | #820 | 280 | 162.2 |
| 2021 | #670 | 402 | 229.8 |
| 2022 | #721 | 364 | 208.5 |
| 2023 | #788 | 320 | 187.1 |
| 2024 | #741 | 345 | 200.2 |
| 2025 | #735 | 358 | 209.6 |
World rankings
Ambrose for boys
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Ambrose on lists
Famous Ambroses
- Saint AmbroseBoy
4th century archbishop of Milan, patron of learning and Patron Saint of bees & beekeeping
- Ambrose BierceBoy
author
- Ambrose E. BurnsideBoy
American Civil War general
- Ambrose PriceBoy
Canadian HGTV personality
- Ambrose OlsenBoy
American model
- Ambrose Powell Hill JrBoy
American Civil War general
- Ambrose "Rowdy" GainesBoy
an Olympic gold medalist swimmer
- Ambrose KennyBoy
Smith, Australian musician ,King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Ambrose in pop culture
- Ambrose MonkBoy
Adrian Monk's brother on TV series "Monk"
- Ambrose SilkBoy
in Evelyn Waugh's Put Out More Flags (1942; "portrait of the homosexual eccentric and writer, Brian Howard")
- Ambrose "Jackass" JakisBoy
character in "The Kingkiller Chronicles" by Patrick Rothfuss
- Ambrose SpikeBoy
a hedgehog in the book "Redwall," by Brian Jacques
- Ambrose Chappell/Ambrose ChapelBoy
a person and a place in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much
- AmbroseBoy
character on American Horror Story: My Roanoke nightimare
- Ambrose SpellmanBoy
character from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Lord Ambrose D'ArcyBoy
character in the 1962 film The Phantom of the Opera
- AmbroseBoy
a squirrel in the book "Fleabee's Fortune" by Robin Jarvis
- Ambrose LittleBoy
love interest in the book "Once and for All" by Sarah Dessen