Ameera
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #499 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,367 for girls
Ameera is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 499th for girls in the UK (89 babies) and 1,367th for girls in the US (161 babies).
What does Ameera mean?
Arabic: feminine of Amir
“princess”
The feminine of Amir, from Arabic amir, 'commander, prince'.
Is Ameera a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 89 girls in the UK and 161 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the UK were named Ameera, making it the 499th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 132 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ameera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 794 girls in the UK were given Ameera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #499 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Ameera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #499 |
| 2024 | 94 | #476 |
| 2023 | 84 | #519 |
| 2022 | 73 | #583 |
| 2021 | 95 | #492 |
| 2020 | 87 | #509 |
| 2019 | 81 | #551 |
| 2018 | 113 | #431 |
| 2017 | 91 | #519 |
| 2016 | 107 | #456 |
| 2015 | 103 | #468 |
| 2014 | 122 | #407 |
| 2013 | 113 | #421 |
| 2012 | 112 | #446 |
| 2011 | 128 | #394 |
| 2010 | 132 | #380 |
| 2009 | 118 | #406 |
| 2008 | 98 | #468 |
| 2007 | 74 | #554 |
| 2006 | 59 | #623 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 36 | #762 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Ameera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,367among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 161about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were named Ameera, making it the 1,367th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,282nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 178 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Ameera in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,109 girls in the US were given Ameera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #1,367 for this spelling alone.
Ameera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,367 |
| 2024 | 178 | #1,296 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,348 |
| 2022 | 174 | #1,348 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,379 |
| 2020 | 174 | #1,282 |
| 2019 | 154 | #1,441 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,371 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,478 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 115 | #1,814 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 102 | #1,939 |
| 2012 | 96 | #2,016 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,789 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 129 | #1,710 |
| 2008 | 171 | #1,391 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Ameera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Abeeha Khadija Hafsa Hiba Ayah Zainab Rahma Halima Safiya Huda
Other spellings of Ameera
Amira Amirah Ameerah Amiira Ameira Amera Amerah Amirra Amirrah
Names related to Ameera
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Ameera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameera, updated 20 October 2026.