Ameera

What Ameera means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ameera?

US: Rising: up from #1814 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #437 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 178 girls got the name (#1296 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 9,983 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls 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 (0.34 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.22 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ameera is #1367 in the US and #490 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ameera were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amara2,630 US · 449 E&W
• Amira2,168 US · 396 E&W
• Amora1,259 US · 50 E&W
• Amoura570 US · 17 E&W
• Amyra201 US · 72 E&W
• Ameerah73 US · 76 E&W
• Amayra59 US · 70 E&W
• Amaira73 US · 37 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 Ameera

Girls

• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ameera’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.