Amir

What Amir means

Means “commander, prince”

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amir” (revision 93499243), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amir?

US: Rising: up from #187 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #334 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 3,631 boys got the name (#99 that year). First in the US records in 1954.

How common

• About 1 in 518 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,143 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (9.89 per 1,000 boys), RI (5.44 per 1,000 boys), MD (4.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Amir is #105 in the US and #212 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Amir were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Omar1,333 US · 332 E&W
• Emir546 US · 75 E&W
• Umar180 US · 214 E&W
• Ameer233 US · 42 E&W
• Ammar161 US · 63 E&W
• Amar132 US · 55 E&W
• Ahmir163 US
• Omer70 US · 48 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Ameer

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Amir

Boys

• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*

For a sister

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amir’s. Rank is US 2025.