Ameerah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #545 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,438 for girls
Ameerah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 545th for girls in the UK (79 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Ameerah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Amir
“princess”
The feminine of Amir, from Arabic amir, 'commander, prince'.
Is Ameerah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ameerah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 girls in the UK and 73 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ameerah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the UK were named Ameerah, making it the 545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 625th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 87 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ameerah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ameerah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 794 girls in the UK were given Ameerah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #545 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 526th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Ameerah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #545 |
| 2024 | 54 | #749 |
| 2023 | 74 | #562 |
| 2022 | 50 | #783 |
| 2021 | 66 | #630 |
| 2020 | 67 | #625 |
| 2019 | 71 | #614 |
| 2018 | 75 | #601 |
| 2017 | 87 | #541 |
| 2016 | 81 | #569 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 61 | #705 |
| 2013 | 60 | #729 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 57 | #733 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Ameerah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,438th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Ameerah, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Ameerah than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Ameerah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,109 girls in the US were given Ameerah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #2,438 for this spelling alone.
Ameerah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 101 | #1,955 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,984 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,731 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 97 | #1,986 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,717 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,943 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2015 | 82 | #2,278 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 117 | #1,754 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,904 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 74 | #2,530 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 42 | #3,279 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
Names like Ameerah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ayah, Nusaybah, Aaminah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Abeeha, Safiya, Hafsa, Hiba
Other spellings of Ameerah
Amira, Amirah, Ameera, Amiira, Ameira, Amera, Amerah, Amirra, Amirrah
Names related to Ameerah
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, “Ameerah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameerah, updated 20 October 2026.