girls:
349 births since 1997
#5367 (6th percentile)
boys:
54 births since 2019
#4532 (1st percentile)
overall:
403 births since 1997
#7336 (5th percentile)
The name Ameris is the #7,336 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 403 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,367 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 349 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,532 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 54 births since 2019.
Ameris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2019 for boys). Birth data for Ameris is available in 25 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (25 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ameris has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 48.0% of babies named Ameris were girls.
For girls, Ameris reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #965) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ameris ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 53.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ameris reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #893) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ameris is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #903 (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ameris".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ameris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Ameris is pronounced as A-mer-ihs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEH-rihs, at 44.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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