Amer — #4906 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Amer

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,415 babies named Amer between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Amer currently holds the #4906 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Amer performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Amer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Amer in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Amer 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 1,415 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.