Fun Facts About the Name Amaree
- More than 1 thousand babies named Amaree: U.S. records list 1,825 babies given the name Amaree from 1880 through 2025. Even 812 girls received the name Amaree.
What Does the Name Amaree Mean?
Amaree is a modern English spelling of Amari, a given name used in the United States and in West Africa, chiefly among Yoruba and Igbo speakers in Nigeria. Because no single origin for Amari is securely documented, the meaning of Amaree is best described as uncertain. The final -ee is one of several American spellings of the name; Amarie and Amarey also occur.
Several explanations are offered for Amari, and they are competing proposals rather than stages of one derivation. It is sometimes described as a Yoruba name translated "strength," though the Yoruba word or phrase behind that gloss is not consistently named. It is also linked to the Igbo Amara, usually translated "grace" and often treated as a shortening of Amarachi ("God's grace"). A third suggestion connects it to the Hebrew Amariah (עֲמַרְיָה), built from amar, "he said," plus a short form of the divine name, giving a sense like "the Lord has spoken." None of these has been confirmed for the modern name.
Amaree Name History & Origins
Amari is a name of recent use in the English-speaking world, given in the United States to both boys and girls, with Amaree appearing as a respelling that is generally read as feminine. The -ee ending follows a familiar American practice of respelling a name to match its pronunciation, a pattern seen in forms such as Amarie.
The African background of the name is frequently cited but not settled. Yoruba naming commonly builds names from full sentences or verb phrases, and short forms cut from those sentences are used as names in their own right; Amari is sometimes described as such a short form, though the longer name it would come from is not agreed on. In Igbo, Amarachi ("God's grace") regularly yields Amara; whether Amari also derives from it is uncertain.
The Hebrew name Amariah belongs to a separate tradition. It is borne in the Bible by minor figures, among them a chief priest appointed under King Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 19:11) and an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1). Its resemblance to Amari is at most a suggestion of influence; whether English-speaking parents who chose the name had Amariah in mind is not known.
How Popular is the Name Amaree?
Amaree has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #2,170 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,393 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #4,882 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #5,256 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #5,995 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,417 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2020 | #4,081 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #4,263 | 33 | 0.0020% |
| 2018 | #4,778 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #4,481 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2016 | #5,291 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #4,302 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #5,810 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #7,399 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #4,218 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #3,730 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2010 | #4,500 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2009 | #4,374 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #4,364 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #5,240 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #4,693 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #4,587 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #3,447 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2003 | #3,234 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2002 | #4,505 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #6,634 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,225 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #4,880 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #5,592 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #6,181 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #13,535 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #13,531 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,255 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #4,419 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #3,797 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #3,694 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2021 | #3,123 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2020 | #3,202 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #4,646 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,302 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #3,250 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2016 | #4,333 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #2,865 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #2,464 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2013 | #2,531 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #2,382 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2011 | #2,203 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2010 | #2,170 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2009 | #2,183 | 61 | 0.0031% |
| 2008 | #2,294 | 57 | 0.0028% |
| 2007 | #2,644 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2006 | #2,578 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2005 | #2,326 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 2004 | #3,018 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #2,351 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #3,453 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #6,949 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #10,429 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #6,064 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #4,886 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,638 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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