How rare is the name Emir?

3,655 people in the United States have the first name Emir, about 1 in 82,635. It ranks #4,896 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EMIR

#4,896

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,655
About
1 in 82,635
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,655 people named Emir, 46.1% reported their origin as White, 35.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.1% as Black. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emir peaked in 2025, when 546 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
546
In 2025*
546
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,620 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Emir by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,226. The largest share of babies named Emir, 71.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#11,54654
1980s#12,38070
1990s#7,970204
2000s#3,640879
2010s#2,5631,595
2020s#1,2262,818
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–963.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later71.6%

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 Emir is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emir has been most common in Florida (2.5×), California (1.8×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Missouri (0.39×).

4,249 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.

Exactly as common as Emir

1 other first name also has 3,655 people.

#4,896 Kirstie · 3,655

Either side of Emir

#4,893 Sheron · 3,658#4,893 Tiago · 3,658#4,896 Kirstie · 3,655#4,898 Kegan · 3,653

Spelled almost the same

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

#18,671 Emira · 575#22,581 Emer · 440

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