Ameriah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ameriah by the numbers

Ameriah was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ameriah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ameriah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amariahgrace of the Lord; a form of Amariah or Amaria167 in the US (2017)
  • Ameliahwork, industriousness; a modern respelling of Amelia57 in the US (2017)
  • Ameria29 in the US (2017)
  • Amerah15 in the US (2017)
  • Ameiah12 in the US (2017)
  • Azeriah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ameriah

Names that are said the same way as Ameriah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Amariagrace of god; a form of Amara104 in the US (2017)
  • Amiriaprincess; a form of Amir or Amira12 in the US (2017)
  • Amaryah20 in the US (2017)
  • Amiera16 in the US (2017)
  • Amyria13 in the US (2017)
  • Amiira7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ameriah

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