# Ameer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ameer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,596 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,596 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 839, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Amir.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 192 | 1,008 |
| 2012 | 207 | 971 |
| 2013 | 228 | 911 |
| 2014 | 225 | 936 |
| 2015 | 269 | 836 |
| 2016 | 284 | 809 |
| 2017 | 279 | 812 |
| 2018 | 278 | 809 |
| 2019 | 249 | 882 |
| 2020 | 273 | 833 |
| 2021 | 287 | 829 |
| 2022 | 256 | 905 |
| 2023 | 237 | 953 |
| 2024 | 248 | 931 |
| 2025 | 233 | 980 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 812 |
| 2012 | 31 | 947 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 39 | 810 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,056 |
| 2020 | 33 | 878 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 32 | 949 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 48 | 729 |
| 2025 | 42 | 782 |

## People named Ameer

- Ameer Webb, American sprinter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.