Unisex name · since 2003
Ameri
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 314 babies named Ameri, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4280
- among girls today
- 314
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 76%
- more common than other girls
Ameri currently ranks #4280 among unisex names in America, with 314 babies recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ameri has been recorded 314 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #4280 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #4280 among girls today
- 314 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
- 76% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Ameri is currently the #4280 unisex name in America, more common than 76% of girls - 314 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4280
- among girls today
- 314
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 76%
- more common than other girls
Ameri vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Ameri was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Ameri in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Ameri compares
314 46th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ameri's all-time total is 18% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ameri | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 314 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 48 | 19,840 |
Ameri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ameri's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 43, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ameri at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ameri popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #4280 among girls.
314 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 43 births in a single year.
Ameri popularity over time - boys
48 total births recorded since 2005 (Ameri as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ameri accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ameri by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Ameri's strongest decade.
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ameri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s
2020s
172 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 172 births (55% of all-time use).
Ameri decade highlights
- Peak decade 172 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Ameri by state
Where Ameri concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 26 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.6% |
26 of 314 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Ameri's data
- Texas records the most Ameris (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ameri: #4280 Unisex Name - 314 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ameri. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ameri draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
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