Ameer

What Ameer means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ameer yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ameer?

US: Falling: down from #836 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1673 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 287 boys got the name (#829 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 7,331 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,475 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,455 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.57 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.36 per 1,000 boys), VA (0.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ameer is #980 in the US and #782 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ameer were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amir3,297 US · 238 E&W
• Ammar161 US · 63 E&W
• Amar132 US · 55 E&W
• Omer70 US · 48 E&W
• Amor45 US · 5 E&W
• Ameir37 US
• Amiir25 US · 8 E&W
• Amer23 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ameer

Boys

• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Yousef#744Editor’s note Up from #788 in 2015 to #744 in 2025 in the US
• Yahya#615Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #81 vs #615 in 2025
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*

For a sister

• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ameer’s. Rank is US 2025.