Amer

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #8,778 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,964
1997 · 46 births
Debut · boys
1927
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,438
since 1927

Amer over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Amer has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #1,964, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,39623
2024—#4,89020
2023—#4,00227
2022—#4,18425
2021—#4,49422
2020—#4,42622
2019—#3,71629
2018—#4,47622
2017—#3,19336
2016—#3,68129
2015—#2,91940
2014—#4,01425
2013—#3,12235
2012—#4,53321
2011—#3,36432
2010—#3,23934
2009—#2,94640
2008—#3,74428
2007—#3,25034
2006—#2,74442
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,21730
2003—#2,18050
2002—#2,37243
2001—#2,21746
2000—#2,42539
1999—#2,06346
1998—#1,98748
1997—#1,96446
1996—#2,29935
1995—#2,17837
1994—#2,44431
1993—#2,05039
1992—#2,17435
1991—#2,34430
1990—#2,30830
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,36725
1987#8,7787#2,72519
1986#10,9125#2,68419
1985—#3,07015
1984—#2,82416
1983—#2,27222
1982—#4,2349
1981—#3,85810
1980—#2,53619
1979—#4,0689
1978—#3,61410
1977—#3,38611
1976—#4,0128
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First appearance
1927

The first year at least five boys were named Amer! It came in at #4,210, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1927–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Amer is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,299 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,397 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMINew York: #1,732 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,908 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Amer, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#1,299 · 1 in 15,397
  2. New York#1,732 · 1 in 21,908

Best ever in a state: #680 in New Jersey, 1995.

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New York#1,73251 in 21,908
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See more about Amer
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 494 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,396)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #4,396)
  • 1,477 spots since 2015 (#2,919 → #4,396)
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1927
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,964 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,507
  • Highest: 1 in 39,507 boys born in 2003 were named Amer (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,964 in 1997, was only 1 in 40,981 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Amer (383) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,210 (1927)#4,210
1930s0——
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1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s50#3,386 (1977)#4,030
1980s176#2,272 (1983)#2,935
1990s377#1,964 (1997)#2,181
2000s383#2,180 (2003)#2,834
2010s303#2,919 (2015)#3,626
2020s139#4,002 (2023)#4,399

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Amer in 2006

boys
#2,744
42 births · 1 in 48,935 boys

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #2,744Amer42
More about 2006

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 48,935 of them was named Amer, which outranked 80.5% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amer
  1. #2,698Zacharias43
  2. #2,698Zak43
  3. #2,698Zephyr43
  4. #2,744Amer42
  5. #2,744Aaditya42
  6. #2,744Auden42
  7. #2,744Camdon42
  8. #2,784Anthoni41
  9. #2,784Arda41
  10. #2,784Avante41

Tied with 39 names at #2,744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 792Bode#1,648 → #856
  2. ↑ 790Talen#1,691 → #901
  3. ↑ 677Kingston#1,603 → #926
  4. ↑ 634Imanol#1,619 → #985
  5. ↑ 590Yandel#1,266 → #676
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,208Baby#945 → #3,153
  2. ↓ 609Kanye#892 → #1,501
  3. ↓ 442Amarion#628 → #1,070
  4. ↓ 308Omarion#420 → #728
  5. ↓ 224Johnpaul#739 → #963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2006 →