Amir
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · #105 for boys in 2025, 3,297 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 3,640 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 55,747since 1954
Amir over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | #105 | 3,297 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #95 | 3,640 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #99 | 3,631 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #113 | 3,353 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #123 | 3,026 |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | #117 | 3,182 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #131 | 2,971 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #150 | 2,608 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #150 | 2,619 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #165 | 2,446 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #187 | 2,221 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #212 | 1,819 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 | #216 | 1,726 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | #248 | 1,468 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #250 | 1,385 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #278 | 1,218 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #279 | 1,215 |
| 2008 | #5,750 | 24 | #296 | 1,126 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #317 | 1,011 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | #326 | 987 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #339 | 872 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | #340 | 843 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #340 | 819 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #359 | 742 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #391 | 651 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #413 | 603 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 | #400 | 610 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #443 | 516 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #502 | 413 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #536 | 359 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #551 | 340 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #564 | 330 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #634 | 265 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #650 | 253 |
| 1991 | — | #642 | 254 | |
| 1990 | — | #606 | 275 | |
| 1989 | — | #615 | 259 | |
| 1988 | — | #644 | 215 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | — | #620 | 209 | |
| 1985 | — | #672 | 174 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #592 | 204 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #664 | 166 |
| 1982 | — | #755 | 137 | |
| 1981 | — | #706 | 150 | |
| 1980 | — | #769 | 130 | |
| 1979 | — | #812 | 115 | |
| 1978 | — | #841 | 104 | |
| 1977 | — | #921 | 85 | |
| 1976 | — | #998 | 69 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,000 | 67 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,099 | 56 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,294 | 41 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,366 | 12 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Amir! It came in at #3,827, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1959, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Amir is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#73 · 1 in 229
- South Carolina#114 · 1 in 498
- New Jersey#120 · 1 in 576
- Maryland#121 · 1 in 504
- Virginia#125 · 1 in 543
Best ever in a state: #13 in Louisiana, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #73 | 18 | 1 in 229 |
| South Carolina | #114 | 42 | 1 in 498 |
| New Jersey | #120 | 72 | 1 in 576 |
| Maryland | #121 | 55 | 1 in 504 |
| Virginia | #125 | 77 | 1 in 543 |
| Pennsylvania | #135 | 98 | 1 in 615 |
| Delaware | #137 | 8 | 1 in 444 |
| New York | #139 | 153 | 1 in 682 |
| Georgia | #140 | 90 | 1 in 600 |
| Michigan | #142 | 78 | 1 in 611 |
| Illinois | #162 | 90 | 1 in 739 |
| North Carolina | #176 | 65 | 1 in 778 |
| Florida | #180 | 109 | 1 in 844 |
| Ohio | #204 | 63 | 1 in 949 |
| Massachusetts | #227 | 25 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Connecticut | #231 | 13 | 1 in 1,104 |
| Missouri | #247 | 28 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Wisconsin | #259 | 23 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Hawaii | #271 | 5 | 1 in 933 |
| Nevada | #282 | 11 | 1 in 1,207 |
| Minnesota | #289 | 19 | 1 in 1,458 |
| California | #320 | 125 | 1 in 1,844 |
| Mississippi | #340 | 8 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Tennessee | #361 | 18 | 1 in 1,988 |
| Alabama | #362 | 12 | 1 in 1,850 |
| Louisiana | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,727 |
| Texas | #457 | 61 | 1 in 2,912 |
| Arizona | #466 | 13 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Iowa | #468 | 6 | 1 in 2,520 |
| Colorado | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,715 |
| Oregon | #477 | 7 | 1 in 2,582 |
| Indiana | #487 | 12 | 1 in 2,973 |
| Arkansas | #512 | 5 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 6 | 1 in 3,697 |
| Kansas | #544 | 5 | 1 in 3,219 |
| Washington | #673 | 8 | 1 in 4,491 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amir
- 10 spots since 2024 (#95 → #105)
- 12 spots since 2020 (#117 → #105)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#187 → #105)
- Biggest jump: 99 spots in 1975 (#1,099 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 1985 (#592 → #672)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2024 at #95 (3,640 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2023–2024
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1975–2025
- Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 2023 were named Amir (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 518 boys born in 2025 (0.19%)
- Its best rank, #95 in 2024, was only 1 in 473 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.7% of all boys named Amir (20,481) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #3,505 (1955) | #3,666 |
| 1960s | 144 | #1,492 (1969) | #2,488 |
| 1970s | 655 | #812 (1979) | #1,105 |
| 1980s | 1,843 | #592 (1984) | #668 |
| 1990s | 3,615 | #400 (1999) | #553 |
| 2000s | 8,869 | #279 (2009) | #340 |
| 2010s | 20,481 | #131 (2019) | #199 |
| 2020s | 20,129 | #95 (2024) | #109 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amir in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 88,053 of them was named Amir, which outranked 67.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,110Zoriah21
- #6,110Zulay21
- #6,110Zuriel21
- #6,341Amir20
- #6,341Aaminah20
- #6,341Abigaile20
- #6,341Abrar20
- #6,576Aarika19
- #6,576Abi19
- #6,576Abrie19
Tied with 234 names at #6,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 1,292 of them was named Amir, which outranked 98.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.