Amaree
Feminine
Amaree is given to both — 812 girls and 1,013 boys since 1880. See Amaree as a boy nameSee other names given to both
The endings -i, -ie, -y and -ee all spell one sound in English and they have quietly become sexed. An -i ending reads female and dates to the 1970s. A -y ending reads either. An -ie ending reads young. An -ee ending reads female and modern. Four spellings, one sound, four different social readings.
How old is the name Amaree?
Amaree first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Amaree alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 800 people named Amaree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amaree most popular?
Amaree peaked in 2003, reaching #3232 nationally. Today it ranks #8362, 5,130 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Amari to Amaree
Our story of Amaree
Our reading is that the four spellings of the final ee sound have become a genuine signaling system in American naming, and it works entirely on paper. The -y ending is the oldest and the most neutral, used for Mary, Emily, Jerry and Tommy alike. The -ie ending reads as a diminutive and slightly young, which is why Katie and Charlie feel less formal than Katy and Charly. The -i ending had a fifteen-year run in the 1960s and 70s and now dates a bearer precisely. The -ee ending is the newest of the four, entered general use in the 1990s, and reads as female and contemporary. None of them can be heard. A parent choosing between Amari, Amarie and Amaree is choosing a decade and a sex for the written form, and getting exactly the same spoken name in each case.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Amaree is a respelling of Amari, an American formation of the 1990s with no established source. Glosses connecting it to Arabic amir, a commander, to Hebrew, or to Yoruba are unsupported by the record; the name appears without any of those communities driving it. The -ee ending is a spelling choice rather than a source. It peaks in 2003.
How the name formed
- Amari
- Amaree
Related forms: Amari · Amarie
Pronouncing Amaree
ah-MAR-ee
Three syllables, stress on the second. Amari, Amarie and Amaree are homophones. Some families stress the first syllable, AM-uh-ree, and the spelling does not distinguish them.
Nicknames for Amaree
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most girls named
- 200345 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3232reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- −55.6%12 in 2025, from 27
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Amaree in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amari in English — spelling variant
- Amarie in English — spelling variant
Amarees among us
people named Amaree are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 133,939 born in 2025 was named Amaree
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Amaree
- #8362
- Amaree on the 2025 chart
- #943
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Amaree went to 12 girls in 2025, but Amare is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 17, which makes it the 943rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 7,419 places above the chart.
- Amaree12
- Amare5
About 1 girl in 94,545 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 133,939 for Amaree itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Leonna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amaree's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Leonna climbed just as high around 1958, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Leonna's path sketches the road Amaree is walking now.
Amaree sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Amaree beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amaree in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The rhythm is even and easy to say.
- Mari and Ree both work as short forms.
- The -ee ending makes the final vowel unambiguous.
- Amari is the more common spelling and is used for both sexes.
- Two stress patterns circulate.
- There is no meaning available.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amarees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Amaree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Amaree?
- Amaree is the most-used spelling in US records — 12 of the 17 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Amare.
- How popular is the name Amaree in 2025?
- Amaree ranks #8362 among US girl names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amaree?
- About 1 in every 133,939 US girls born in 2025 was named Amaree — 12 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amaree with classmates?
- Amaree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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