Amerah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Amerah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Amerah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ameera; feminine of Amir
“princess”
The feminine of Amir, from Arabic amir, 'commander, prince'.
Meaning borrowed from Ameera.
Is Amerah a girl's or a boy's name?
Amerah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amerah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 girls.
Amerah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Amerah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Amerah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had more girls named Amerah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Amerah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,109 girls in the US were given Amerah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #102, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Amerah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Amerah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Nusaybah Safa Ayah Aaminah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Aafiyah Amira Hafsa
Other spellings of Amerah
Amira Amirah Ameera Ameerah Amera Amirra Ameira Amirrah Amiira
Names related to Amerah
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, “Amerah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amerah, updated 20 October 2026.