NameTides

Amir

Amir was the #105 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,297 babies), and #212 in England & Wales and #130 in Canada.

Amir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandNorthern Ireland
Amir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#105 (3,297)#212 (238)#333 (10)#344 (4)#252 (18)#130 (239)
2024#95 (3,640)#195 (254)#382 (9)#256 (7)#252 (17)#135 (239)
2023#99 (3,631)#239 (203)#400 (8)#395 (3)#343 (11)#148 (211)
2022#113 (3,353)#252 (187)#363 (9)#414 (3)#306 (14)#173 (202)
2021#123 (3,026)#253 (187)#533 (5)—#364 (10)#196 (187)
2020#117 (3,182)#266 (176)#536 (5)#392 (3)#381 (10)#220 (160)
2019#131 (2,971)#347 (128)#394 (8)—#506 (6)#201 (185)
2018#150 (2,608)#320 (148)#361 (9)#365 (4)#635 (4)#196 (184)
2017#150 (2,619)#299 (167)#733 (3)#363 (4)#443 (7)#216 (172)
2016#165 (2,446)#306 (158)#532 (5)—#491 (6)#250 (144)
2015#187 (2,221)#334 (140)#529 (5)—#615 (4)#263 (132)
2014#212 (1,819)#359 (116)——#382 (10)#250 (139)
2013#216 (1,726)#311 (139)——#605 (4)#294 (111)
2012#248 (1,468)#294 (156)—#403 (3)#718 (3)#303 (106)
2011#250 (1,385)#321 (138)#544 (4)—#435 (8)#285 (110)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #99.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 520 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 520common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 670common

Next year

On its recent trend, Amir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 460 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 400 to 1 in 540.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #135WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #143WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #88MNIllinois: #77ILMichigan: #90MINew York: #69NYMassachusetts: #100MAOregon: #220ORNevada: #105NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #293IAIndiana: #141INOhio: #103OHPennsylvania: #163PANew Jersey: #177NJConnecticut: #80CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #145CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #237CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #137MOKentucky: #193KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #100VAMaryland: #40MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #118AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #189KSArkansas: #110ARTennessee: #140TNNorth Carolina: #81NCSouth Carolina: #58SCDistrict of Columbia: #18DCOklahoma: #200OKLouisiana: #32LAMississippi: #37MSAlabama: #84ALGeorgia: #50GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #122TXFlorida: #61FL
Amir (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#94126
Quebec2025#10963

Amir (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AmirCanadaBoys#130239
AmirEngland & WalesBoys#212238
AmirIrelandBoys#25218
AmirNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
AmirScotlandBoys#33310
AmirUSGirls#8,86011
AmirUSBoys#1053,297