Name meaning & stats
Ember
Ember means “lump of hot coal”. 23,072 US babies since 1940, peak 2024.
What it means
“lump of hot coal”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2024
23,072 US babies were named Ember between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ember (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Ember is the main spelling
- Ember 98%
- Embree 2%
- Embyr <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2024)