Meaning and history
Ambrose comes from the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios), meaning “immortal.” The name was popularized in Christian Europe through Saint Ambrose, a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church, although it was never especially common in England.
20062006: 59 births, rank #2,176
2007: 59 births, rank #2,235
2008: 67 births, rank #2,062
2009: 53 births, rank #2,401
2010: 60 births, rank #2,187
20112011: 56 births, rank #2,284
2012: 75 births, rank #1,909
2013: 95 births, rank #1,613
2014: 89 births, rank #1,701
2015: 101 births, rank #1,588
20162016: 97 births, rank #1,641
2017: 97 births, rank #1,630
2018: 118 births, rank #1,465
2019: 222 births, rank #961
2020: 281 births, rank #818
20212021: 402 births, rank #672
2022: 365 births, rank #721
2023: 320 births, rank #788
2024: 349 births, rank #739
20252025: 358 births, rank #735
Ambrose rose from #739 to #735 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2021, with 402 births.