Ameera
Feminine · “princess”
Ameera is the English spelling that shows the pronunciation on its face: three syllables with the weight in the middle, ah-MEER-ah. Behind it stands the Arabic أميرة, the feminine of amir, a title carried through centuries of courts and chronicles from Andalusia to the Indian Ocean. It arrives in American records in the newer 'ee' dress, familiar in sound and rare in print.
How old is the name Ameera?
Ameera first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Ameera is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,400 people named Ameera are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ameera most popular?
Ameera peaked in 2020, reaching #1282 nationally. Today it ranks #1367, 85 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amīr (Arabic: commander, prince) to Ameera
The story of Ameera
The word behind the name is old and public: amīr, a commander or prince, appears across the Arabic-speaking world as a title long before it settled into ordinary use as a personal name. Its feminine form, amīra, traveled with the language — into Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Malay and Bosnian, where local spellings shifted but the meaning held. English-language records show it mostly as Amira, the plainer transliteration; Ameera is the variant that spells the long vowel out for readers who expect 'ee' to sound like 'ee'. Both are the same name, written for two different sets of eyes.
Meaning
princess; a woman who commands
From Arabic amīra, feminine of amīr ('prince, commander'), from the root meaning 'to command'. The same title gives English 'emir' and, through Arabic amīr al-baḥr, the word 'admiral'. A separate Hebrew name Amira, from a root meaning 'speech' or 'treetop', shares the sound but not the ancestry.
How the name formed
- amīrArabic: commander, prince
- amīra
- Amira
- Ameera
Related forms: أميرة · Amira · Amirah · Amira · Emire · Amira
Pronouncing Ameera
ah-MEER-ah
Stress on the middle syllable. The 'ee' spelling exists precisely to make that vowel unambiguous, which is its practical advantage over Amira — fewer people try 'uh-MY-ruh'.
Nicknames for Ameera
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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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 2024178 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1282reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −9.6%161 in 2025, from 178
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.
Ameera in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أميرة in Arabic — transliteration
- Amira in English — spelling variant
- Amirah in Malay / Indonesian — spelling variant
- Amira in Bosnian — same name
- Emire in Turkish — related form
- Amira in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Ameeras among us
people named Ameera are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 9,983 born in 2025 was named Ameera
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ameera
- #1367
- Ameera on the 2025 chart
- #682
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ameera went to 161 girls in 2025, but Ameerah, Amera and Amerah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 285, which makes it the 682nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 685 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 5,640 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 9,983 for Ameera 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 Cassy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ameera's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cassy climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cassy's path sketches the road Ameera is walking now.
Ameera 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
Where Ameera is headed
Ameera should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ameera beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ameera in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling tells English readers how to say it: 'ee' does the work, and most people get it right on the first try.
- A documented, transparent meaning from a well-recorded Arabic root — no guesswork needed when a child asks.
- Recognized across Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Malay and Bosnian-speaking communities, so it travels without translation.
- Ready-made short forms — Mira, Ami, Meera — each of which also works as a standalone name.
- Steady in American records rather than spiking, so it carries no single fashion year with it.
- Amira is the more widespread English spelling, so expect a lifetime of gentle corrections: forms filled in as Amira, Amirah or Ameerah. Saying 'Ameera, with two e's' becomes routine.
- She will very likely be the only one in her class or school, which some children enjoy and others find tiring — especially in the years when blending in matters most.
- 'Princess' is a lovely meaning with a lot of cultural baggage attached in English. Worth knowing in advance that some people will comment on it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ameeras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,400 people named Ameera are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ameera?
- Ameera is the most-used spelling in US records — 161 of the 285 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ameerah, Amera and Amerah.
- How popular is the name Ameera in 2025?
- Ameera ranks #1367 among US girl names in 2025, with 161 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ameera?
- About 1 in every 9,983 US girls born in 2025 was named Ameera — 161 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ameera with classmates?
- Ameera will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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