Ameer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-MEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #763 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #980 for boys
Ameer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prince, commander”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the UK (50 babies) and 980th for boys in the US (233 babies).
What does Ameer mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amir
“prince, commander”
Arabic amir, 'commander', is also the source of the English word admiral.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ameer a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the UK and 233 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 763rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were named Ameer, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 51 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ameer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 310 boys in the UK were given Ameer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #195, up from #763 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 782nd in England and Wales and 400th in Scotland.
Ameer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #763 |
| 2024 | 51 | #748 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 35 | #941 |
| 2011 | 37 | #878 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 34 | #617 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 22 | #790 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Ameer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 980th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 233 about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 233 boys in the US were named Ameer, making it the 980th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 833rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 287 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer boys named Ameer than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Ameer in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,635 boys in the US were given Ameer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #107, up from #980 for this spelling alone.
Ameer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | #980 |
| 2024 | 248 | #931 |
| 2023 | 237 | #952 |
| 2022 | 256 | #905 |
| 2021 | 287 | #829 |
| 2020 | 273 | #833 |
| 2019 | 249 | #882 |
| 2018 | 278 | #809 |
| 2017 | 279 | #811 |
| 2016 | 284 | #809 |
| 2015 | 269 | #836 |
| 2014 | 225 | #936 |
| 2013 | 228 | #911 |
| 2012 | 207 | #970 |
| 2011 | 192 | #1,008 |
| 2010 | 225 | #904 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,103 |
| 2008 | 152 | #1,175 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,152 |
| 2006 | 149 | #1,141 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 127 | #1,201 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,196 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,189 |
| 2001 | 116 | #1,176 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,150 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,258 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,342 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,385 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,462 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,583 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
Names like Ameer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Hamza, Musa, Mustafa, Arham, Zayd, Ammar, Azaan, Khalid
Other spellings of Ameer
Names related to Ameer
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ameer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameer, updated 20 October 2026.