Amere
Masculine
Amere is given to both — 1,110 boys and 145 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Amere sits inside one of the most active sound families in American naming, the group that holds Amir, Amari, Amare and Amauri, all of them built on the same vowels and traded between spellings for the last few decades. It is a name of the newest kind: made rather than inherited, and made with care.
How old is the name Amere?
Amere first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Amere is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Amere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amere most popular?
Amere peaked in 2014, reaching #1794 nationally. Today it ranks #4707, 2,913 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Amere
The story here is a sound rather than a root. From the nineteen-nineties a family of names moved through American nurseries together, Amir and Amari and Amare and Amauri, all of them opening on the same soft a and turning on the same r. Amere is a spelling that belongs to that group: the ending borrowed from words that look French, the shape borrowed from names already in the family. Names like it are usually chosen because a cousin or a classmate had one, and the spelling adjusted so that this child's name would be their own.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing inherited attaches to this spelling. The Arabic Amir, prince or commander, sits close by and is often assumed to be the source, but the -ere ending belongs to the American respelling habit rather than to Arabic, and no line of descent can be shown.
Pronouncing Amere
uh-MEER
Two syllables with the stress at the end, the same shape as Amir. Some families say uh-MAIR instead, and the spelling supports either, which is worth deciding before the first day of school.
Nicknames for Amere
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
- 1994
- Most boys named
- 201483 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1794reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −34.4%21 in 2025, from 32
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.
Amere in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, Michigan, New York.
Ameres among us
people named Amere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was named Amere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Demar test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Demar climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Demar's path sketches the road Amere is walking now.
Amere 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
Amere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It sits in a large, familiar sound family, so it is recognized even when it is not known.
- Two syllables ending on a strong r carry well when called across a room.
- It is rare enough to be personal without being difficult.
- The spelling does not fix the pronunciation, and the family will be settling it for years.
- It is close enough to Amir, Amare and Amari to be written back as one of those.
- A made name has no history to look up, which some children mind more than their parents expect.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ameres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Amere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amere in 2025?
- Amere ranks #4707 among US boy names in 2025, with 21 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amere?
- About 1 in every 81,337 US boys born in 2025 was named Amere — 21 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amere with classmates?
- Amere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amere
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