Ameris
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ah-MAIR-is
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ameris is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Ameris come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Amaris
Is Ameris a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ameris has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Ameris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ameris, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997. 6 boys were also named Ameris in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Ameris in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ameris in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Ameris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Zariah Aaliyah Amoura Zaniyah Alaya Amaris Jaliyah Amaya Aria Amira Alaia
Names related to Ameris
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ameris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ameris, updated 20 October 2026.