Amer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-mer
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Amer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prosperous, full of life”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Amer mean?
Arabic: form of Aamir, from amara 'to live long, flourish'
“prosperous, full of life”
Used by Arab and Bosnian Muslim families; it is a different name from Amir, 'prince'.
Is Amer a girl's or a boy's name?
Amer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Amer, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 boys.
2025 had more boys named Amer than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Amer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Amer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Amer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Amer, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the boys named Amer in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 48 | #1,984 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 37 | #2,173 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 35 | #2,169 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
Names like Amer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir Ahmed Hamza Muhammad Abdullah Umar Ammar Mustafa Musa Khalid Abdur Hassan
Names related to Amer
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, “Amer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amer, updated 20 October 2026.