Amer Boy
How popular is Amer?
#4,395 boy name in 2025
23 baby boys were named Amer in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
Amer popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,395 for boys (▲ 491 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,918 in 2015, #4,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (50 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,961 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1927 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amer counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amir family of names ranked #89 for boys in 2025 (#85 the year before), with 4,018 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amir | 3,297 | 82% |
| Ahmir | 163 | 4% |
| Amar | 132 | 3% |
| Amare | 59 | 1% |
| Ammar | 161 | 4% |
| Aamir | 73 | 2% |
| Amere | 21 | 1% |
| Amire | 31 | 1% |
| Amer | 23 | 1% |
| Amyr | 16 | 0% |
| Aimar | 14 | 0% |
| Amirr | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amer is most popular
Babies named Amer per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Amer by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1970s | 50 | #3,384 |
| 1980s | 176 | #2,271 |
| 1990s | 377 | #1,961 |
| 2000s | 383 | #2,176 |
| 2010s | 303 | #2,918 |
| 2020s | 139 | #3,999 |
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Questions
- Is Amer a boy or girl name?
- Amer is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amer were boys.
- How popular is the name Amer?
- 23 baby boys were named Amer in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
- When was Amer most popular?
- Amer peaked in 2003, when 50 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,961 in 1997.
- How many people are named Amer?
- 1,450 babies have been named Amer in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,411 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Amer most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amer was most common in Michigan, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.