Ameerah

Ameerah was the #2,438 girls' name in the US in 2025 (73 babies), and #526 in England & Wales and #966 in Canada.

Ameerah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ameerah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Ameerah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,438 (73)#526 (76)#780 (3)—#966 (28)
2024#1,955 (101)#751 (50)#638 (4)#898 (3)#1,194 (21)
2023#1,984 (99)#540 (72)——#1,014 (25)
2022#1,731 (120)#762 (48)——#1,635 (13)
2021#1,750 (117)#594 (65)——#1,681 (13)
2020#1,743 (115)#609 (63)#636 (4)—#1,295 (18)
2019#1,986 (97)#584 (68)#765 (3)—#1,471 (16)
2018#1,717 (120)#574 (72)#809 (3)—#1,862 (11)
2017#1,943 (103)#507 (85)——#2,041 (10)
2016#1,972 (101)#529 (80)——#1,600 (14)
2015#2,278 (82)#602 (70)#653 (4)—#2,891 (6)
2014#2,154 (88)#652 (61)——#3,316 (5)
2013#1,754 (117)#676 (59)——#2,058 (10)
2012#1,904 (105)#1,037 (34)——#3,334 (5)
2011#2,298 (81)#714 (54)#810 (3)—#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,731.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ameerah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ameerah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ameerah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Ameerah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmeerahCanadaGirls#96628
AmeerahEngland & WalesGirls#52676
AmeerahIrelandGirls—too few
AmeerahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmeerahScotlandGirls#7803
AmeerahUSGirls#2,43873