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Ameerah

Feminine · “princess”

1976high 2018
#2438 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare73 girls in 2025

Ameerah is a princess in Arabic — the feminine of amir, a commander — and the same word gives English 'admiral'.

How old is the name Ameerah?

Ameerah first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Ameerah is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,600 people named Ameerah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ameerah most popular?

Ameerah peaked in 2018, reaching #1717 nationally. Today it ranks #2438, 721 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ameerah

Amir al-bahr means commander of the sea, and medieval Latin took it as amiralis and then English as admiral — with a d inserted by association with 'admire'. The feminine amira means a princess. Ameerah is one of several spellings and is in current American use.

Meaning

princess, commander

From the Arabic amira, the feminine of amir, 'commander' or 'prince', from the root '-m-r, 'to command'. Amir al-bahr, 'commander of the sea', gave medieval Latin and then English 'admiral'. The Arabic is documented.

How the name formed

  1. amir
  2. amira
  3. Ameerah

Related forms: أميرة · Amira · Ameerah

Pronouncing Ameerah

ah-MEE-rah

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Amira and Ameerah are said identically.

Nicknames for Ameerah

Moderate

AmiThe front of the name, and a name in its own right in several languages
MiraThe back of the name, and a name of its own in several languages
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1976–20251206001207319762025

US babies named Ameerah per year from 1976 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#17171970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1976
Most girls named
2018120 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1717reached in 2018
Change vs 2024
−27.7%73 in 2025, from 101
Ameerah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2018, with 120 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Ameerah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • أميرة in Arabic — transliteration
  • Amira in English — spelling variant
  • Ameerah in Urdu — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.

Ameerahs among us

2,600

people named Ameerah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 22,017 born in 2025 was named Ameerah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ameerah

#2438
Ameerah on the 2025 chart
#682
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ameerah went to 73 girls in 2025, but Ameera, 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 — 1,756 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 5,640 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,017 for Ameerah 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

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Is it right for you

The Kaycie test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ameerah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kaycie climbed just as high around 1989, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kaycie's path sketches the road Ameerah is walking now.

40%chance Ameerah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Ameerah, aligned on its peakKaycie· peak 1989not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+40 yrsKaycie · #4036Ameerah today
Ameerah today is about where Kaycie stood in 1996 — 7 years past a #1717-sized peak. By 2011, Kaycie had settled around #3503.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ameerah 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 Ameerah is headed

19762030

US babies named Ameerah per year, 1976 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ameerah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-4% by 2030projected around #2,625 in 2030

Medium 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.

Ameerah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ameerah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Ameerahthis name73#2438Saniya73#2438Amaryllis73#2438Ellia73#2438Tamar73#2438

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That 'admiral' comes from 'commander of the sea' with a stray d is a first-rate etymology.
  • Ami and Mira are two short forms, both real names elsewhere.
  • Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Amira is the commoner transliteration.
  • It reads as specifically Arabic.
  • It carries a rank, which is a kind of claim.

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Frequently asked

How many Ameerahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Ameerah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ameerah?
Ameerah is one of 4 recorded spellings. Ameera is the more common one — 161 births in 2025 against 73 for Ameerah.
How popular is the name Ameerah in 2025?
Ameerah ranks #2438 among US girl names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ameerah?
About 1 in every 22,017 US girls born in 2025 was named Ameerah — 73 in all.
Will my child share the name Ameerah with classmates?
Ameerah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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