Amer is a rare variant of Amir that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Amer is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,404 for boy births in the United States (and #9,406 across all names), given to 23 babies. Amer first appears in 1927 and peaked in 2003 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,404 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,894 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,006 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,188 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,499 |
| 2020 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,433 |
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,722 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,486 |
| 2017 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,194 |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,687 |
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,921 |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,020 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,129 |
| 2012 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,540 |
| 2011 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,366 |
| 2010 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,244 |
| 2009 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,947 |
| 2008 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,744 |
| 2007 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,254 |
| 2006 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,745 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,243 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,218 |
| 2003 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,181 |
| 2002 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,218 |
| 2000 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,426 |
| 1999 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,063 |
| 1998 | 48 | 48 | — | #1,987 |
| 1997 | 46 | — | — | #1,966 |
| 1996 | 35 | — | — | #2,300 |
| 1995 | 37 | — | — | #2,179 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | — | #2,446 |
| 1993 | 39 | — | — | #2,050 |
| 1992 | 35 | — | — | #2,177 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | — | #2,344 |
| 1990 | 30 | — | — | #2,310 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,789 |
| 1988 | 25 | — | — | #2,368 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #8,815 | #2,729 |
| 1986 | 24 | — | #10,973 | #2,688 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | — | #3,076 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,828 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | — | #2,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | — | #4,243 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | — | #3,869 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,081 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | — | #3,623 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | — | #3,395 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,026 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,205 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #4,942 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,156 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | — | #4,226 |