Ameelah first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2009. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2015, 12 babies received the name (ranked #8980). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #12140), with roughly 8 babies named Ameelah each year. Ameelah's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 69 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.