Amer

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Amer: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Amer: Recorded since 1965, it reached #354 in 1980, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1578
1998	#1367
1999	#1383
2000	#2142
2001	#2220
2002	#1651
2003	#2470
2004	#2070
2005	#2418
2006	#2538
2007	#1885
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2010	#2629
2011	#2390
2012	#3039
2013	#4685
2014	#3362
2015	#4747
2016	#2804
2017	#4812
2018	#3412
2019	#2728
2020	#4608
2021	#2730
2022	#2755
2023	#3112
2024	#2921

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 25 of the 54 years from 1965 to 2018.

In 2018: #471 among boys in Norway, #3412 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #514 among boys in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2018
Highest recorded position: #354 among boys in Norway, in 1980 (recorded 1965–2018).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Amer appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 180 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1965.

Amer across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Amer's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#514 (1965)	#354 (1980)	#471 (2018)	25 of 54	137 (1965–2018)	12 (1980)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#2921 (2024)	29 of 29	180 (1996–2024)	10 (1996)

Amer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Amer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	61	10 of 10	6
2010s	54	10 of 10	5
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Amer appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Norway in 1980.

Amer's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1367	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#471	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#484	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#477	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#556	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#557	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#521	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#573	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#614	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#526	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#519	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#485	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#354	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#505	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#391	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#593	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#590	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#441	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#516	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#514	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 1980.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Norway in 1980.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Amen · #1309, 21y
Amena · #1296, 29y
Amera · #1668, 26y
Amerie · #2843, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdulkadir · #354, 48y
Dawit · #348, 45y
Miroslav · #346, 48y
Farhad · #364, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Abdulkadir · #354, 48y
Cesilie · #354, 25y
Juanita · #354, 26y
Marcia · #354, 36y

Amer was ranked #354 in Norway · Boys in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Amer and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Amer without appearing here.

Amer moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Even Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4608 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #4702.
Shannon Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Amer

Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #2403.
Rodney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2728 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2682.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Amer

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Amer

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Amer went from #1235 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Norway in 1980. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Amer

Amer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Amer across 2 official records

Amer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Amer appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Amer

Amer and the names beside it

Amer moved ahead of

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Amer at a glance

Amer across 2 official records

Amer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Amer appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Amer

Amer and the names beside it

Amer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Amer

Moved the opposite way to Amer

Moved the same way as Amer