Amerie
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005), Because I Love It (2007), In Love & War (2009). She is best known for her 2005 single "1 Thing".
Meaning & Origin of Amerie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: All I Have (2002), Touch (2005), Because I Love It (2007), In Love & War (2009). She is best known for her 2005 single "1 Thing".
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The Story of Amerie
Amerie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2002, with 51 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 174 Ameries were born — ranking #1,380 that year. As of 2026, Amerie ranks #1,995 for baby girls with 98 births, rising sharply (+26% over the past five years). In total, more than 3K Ameries have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Amerie
Amerie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Amerie's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,343. Use the chart and map above to compare Amerie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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