Fun Facts About the Name Ameerah
- More than 2 thousand babies named Ameerah: U.S. records list 2,643 babies given the name Ameerah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ameerah Mean?
Ameerah is a variant spelling of the Arabic feminine name Amira, whose customary meaning is "princess." It comes from the Arabic root ʾ-m-r, meaning "to command." The masculine form is Amir (أمير), "commander" or "prince," and the feminine Amira (أميرة) is built from it with the feminine ending -a. The literal sense of the root is "one who commands," so "princess" is a customary translation rather than a word-for-word one.
Ameerah Name History & Origins
The name belongs to Arabic, where the root ʾ-m-r, "to command," produced the title and name Amir for a commander or prince. In Arabic-speaking societies the word amir was long used for rulers and military leaders, which is where the name's association with authority comes from. The feminine Amira developed from that masculine form. Because names of this type spread with the Arabic language and with Islam, forms of Amir and Amira are found across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, and among Muslim communities elsewhere.
Ameerah is one of several English transliterations of the same Arabic name. Arabic's long final -a is written in different ways when the name is put into the Latin alphabet: with a final h (Ameerah, Amirah), with a plain a (Amira), or with a doubled e (Ameera). These are spelling choices for rendering the same sounds, not separate names with separate origins. A similarly spelled Hebrew name, Amira (עמירה), exists with a different derivation, so the same spelling can appear in more than one language tradition.
How Popular is the Name Ameerah?
Ameerah 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 2018. Its best rank was #1,718 in 2018.
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 | #2,440 | 73 | 0.0045% |
| 2024 | #1,949 | 101 | 0.0063% |
| 2023 | #2,000 | 98 | 0.0061% |
| 2022 | #1,730 | 120 | 0.0073% |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 117 | 0.0071% |
| 2020 | #1,743 | 115 | 0.0071% |
| 2019 | #1,999 | 96 | 0.0057% |
| 2018 | #1,718 | 120 | 0.0071% |
| 2017 | #1,942 | 103 | 0.0060% |
| 2016 | #1,971 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2015 | #2,278 | 82 | 0.0046% |
| 2014 | #2,153 | 88 | 0.0049% |
| 2013 | #1,754 | 117 | 0.0067% |
| 2012 | #1,904 | 105 | 0.0060% |
| 2011 | #2,299 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2010 | #2,907 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2009 | #2,533 | 74 | 0.0040% |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 | 0.0045% |
| 2007 | #2,350 | 81 | 0.0042% |
| 2006 | #2,128 | 91 | 0.0048% |
| 2005 | #2,277 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 2004 | #2,557 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,842 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2002 | #3,286 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2001 | #3,947 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1998 | #4,644 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #4,131 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1996 | #4,062 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #5,228 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1994 | #6,338 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #5,685 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #10,316 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #6,478 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #5,554 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #7,719 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #8,815 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #6,182 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #5,366 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #4,744 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #3,435 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1982 | #4,353 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #5,584 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #3,217 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #3,242 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1978 | #3,391 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #3,615 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #3,970 | 16 | 0.0011% |
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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