NameTides

Amiri

Amiri was the #604 boys' name in the US in 2025 (472 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Amiri as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Amiri as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Amiri as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#604 (472)#1,613 (16)#2,269 (8)
2024#532 (559)#1,402 (19)#1,583 (13)
2023#506 (596)#1,461 (17)#2,336 (7)
2022#523 (567)#2,166 (10)#2,810 (5)
2021#759 (330)#3,451 (5)—
2020#1,295 (140)#2,682 (7)—
2019#2,265 (61)#3,411 (5)—
2018#5,540 (16)——
2017#4,935 (19)——
2016#4,470 (22)——
2015#4,407 (22)——
2014#5,733 (15)——
2013#6,241 (13)——
2012#7,559 (10)——
2011#6,256 (13)——

Amiri as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Amiri as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Amiri as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#964 (266)#4,201 (5)
2024#878 (307)#4,844 (4)
2023#847 (317)—
2022#880 (316)#3,971 (5)
2021#1,293 (175)—
2020#2,302 (77)—
2019#4,437 (31)—
2018#13,793 (6)—
2016#8,875 (12)—
2015#16,419 (5)—
2014#13,069 (7)—
2013#9,036 (12)—
2012#14,962 (6)—
2008#13,832 (7)—
2007#13,924 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #506.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.
  • In 2025, 36% of US babies named Amiri were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Amiri is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amiri by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #374WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #844NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #452INOhio: #349OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #719CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #575TXFlorida: #633FL
Amiri (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#1,03310

Amiri (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
AmiriCanadaBoys#2,2698
AmiriEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
AmiriEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
AmiriNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AmiriUSGirls#964266
AmiriUSBoys#604472