NameTides

Emir

Emir was the #551 boys' name in the US in 2025 (546 babies), and #517 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Emir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Emir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaIreland
Emir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#551 (546)#517 (75)#762 (3)#829 (3)#1,049 (24)
2024#558 (532)#529 (73)#535 (5)#472 (7)#1,056 (23)
2023#583 (492)#536 (72)#728 (3)#660 (4)#1,015 (23)
2022#623 (449)#665 (52)#703 (3)#779 (3)#1,350 (15)
2021#694 (383)#688 (51)#605 (4)—#1,230 (17)
2020#650 (411)#568 (64)—#637 (4)#1,382 (14)
2019#922 (237)#582 (64)——#1,448 (13)
2018#1,029 (198)#636 (56)—#749 (3)#1,279 (15)
2017#1,010 (200)#650 (54)—#547 (5)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,467 (117)#580 (63)—#713 (3)#1,234 (16)
2015#1,239 (147)#779 (41)#686 (3)—#1,816 (9)
2014#1,205 (152)#754 (42)#587 (4)—#1,565 (11)
2013#1,174 (153)#692 (47)#590 (4)—#1,654 (10)
2012#1,172 (155)#654 (52)#568 (4)—#1,552 (11)
2011#1,296 (132)#681 (47)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #551.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 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 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Emir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #355NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #462CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #330MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #386GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #469TXFlorida: #489FL
Emir (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
Quebec2025#6236
Ontario2024#71916

Emir (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
EmirCanadaBoys#1,04924
EmirEngland & WalesBoys#51775
EmirIrelandGirls—too few
EmirIrelandBoys#8293
EmirNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EmirNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EmirScotlandBoys#7623
EmirUSGirls—too few
EmirUSBoys#551546