How rare is the name Ameer?

4,960 people in the United States have the first name Ameer, about 1 in 60,893. It ranks #3,935 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AMEER

#3,935

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,960
About
1 in 60,893
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,960 people named Ameer, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 34.4% as Black and 11.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ameer peaked in 2021, when 287 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
287
In 2025*
233 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,596 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ameer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,892. The largest share of babies named Ameer, 50.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,57414
1970s#5,317202
1980s#4,401343
1990s#3,355712
2000s#2,6851,355
2010s#1,9172,436
2020s#1,8921,534
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9611.1%
Generation Z 1997–1234.3%
2013 and later50.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ameer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ameer has been most common in Michigan (2.8×), New Jersey (2.7×), and Illinois (2.3×), and least common in Indiana (0.34×).

4,935 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ameer

#3,933 Marti · 4,963#3,934 Fredric · 4,962#3,936 Wynter · 4,959#3,937 Freida · 4,956

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ameer, most common first.

#5,196 Amer · 3,349#6,745 Ameera · 2,344#20,499 Ameir · 504#20,789 Amier · 494#33,858 Amner · 243

Also a last name

As a last name, Ameer ranks #58,949 of 156,621, with 371 people. See Ameer as a last name

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