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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Ameera

Ameera was the 1367th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 161 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1282nd; the most babies were born in 2024 (178). Over the last ten years it has moved up 447 places. More babies were named Ameera in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,367 girls, down 85 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
161girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2024178 babies
Total since 1880
3,447babies recorded

Ameera popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#1,367161
2020#1,282174
2010#2,09594
2000#3,12344
1990#3,91326
1980#10,4505
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How popular is Ameera, counting every spelling?

Ameera is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #889 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,367 for Ameera on its own. Together these spellings went to 285 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Ameera161#1,367839
Ameerah73#2,440510
Amera30#4,558157
Amerah21#5,73675

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Ameera?

161 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ameera (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ameera born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 52 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ameera.

Chance of another Ameera in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inVirginiaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Ameera?

About 3,400 people born in the US named Ameera are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Ameera a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Ameera by state

How common Ameera was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.2×), California (2.0×), Virginia (1.9×), Illinois (1.9×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesWI0.11Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesWA0.08Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesIL0.20Michigan: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMI0.12New York: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesNY0.23Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesPA0.07New Jersey: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.12Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesCA0.20Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesVA0.20Maryland: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMD0.06Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesGA0.11Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTX0.11Florida: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesFL0.11
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Ameera, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Ameera

How popular is the name Ameera?

Ameera was the 1367th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 161 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1282nd; the most babies were born in 2024 (178). Over the last ten years it has moved up 447 places. More babies were named Ameera in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Ameera a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ameera in the US.

Where is Ameera most popular?

In 2021–2025, Ameera was most common in New York (0.23 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Virginia.