Ameer — #929 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ameer

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,362 babies named Ameer between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ameer currently holds the #929 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 287 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ameer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,436 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ameer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 686 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ameer in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ameer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,362 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.