How rare is the name Amir?

38,482 people in the United States have the first name Amir, about 1 in 7,849. It ranks #1,076 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AMIR

#1,076

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
38,482
About
1 in 7,849
This common or more
71.1%
Who bears it

Of the 38,482 people named Amir, 46.8% reported their origin as Black, 29.8% as White and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amir peaked in 2023, when 3,647 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
3,647
In 2025*
3,308 ▼9%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 56,257 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Amir by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #184. The largest share of babies named Amir, 65.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#5,272144
1970s#2,500655
1980s#1,5101,859
1990s#1,1483,699
2000s#6809,036
2010s#35520,646
2020s#18420,207
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–966.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.2%
2013 and later65.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Amir is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amir has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Florida (2.3×), and Maryland (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.07×).

54,004 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Amir

#1,074 Mandy · 38,680#1,075 Teri · 38,647#1,077 Joaquin · 38,466#1,078 Janis · 38,436

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amir, most common first.

#1,796 Amira · 16,499#3,441 Amar · 6,045#5,196 Amer · 3,349#6,766 Amor · 2,333#7,521 Amr · 2,021#15,613 Amiri · 734#17,112 Amire · 650#20,499 Ameir · 504

Also a last name

As a last name, Amir ranks #12,570 of 156,621, with 2,351 people. See Amir as a last name

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