Amery
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-mer-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Amery is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “work + ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Amery mean?
Germanic: English surname from the Norman form of Amalric
“work + ruler”
From a surname that came to England with the Normans, based on the Germanic name Amalric.
Is Amery a girl's or a boy's name?
Amery is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amery in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Amery, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Amery in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 84% of the babies named Amery in the US were girls.
Amery in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
Nicknames for Amery
- Amy 138 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Amery
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avery, Emery, Adalynn, Everly, Amelie, Landry, Addison, Alina, Emberly, Emely, Arely, Ailany
Names related to Amery
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Amery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amery, updated 20 October 2026.