Emir

What Emir means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Emir yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Emir?

US: Rising: up from #1239 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #779 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 546 boys got the name (#551 that year). First in the US records in 1970.

How common

• About 1 in 3,128 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,626 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 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 CT (0.76 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.7 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.6 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Emir is #551 in the US and #517 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Emir were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amir3,297 US · 238 E&W
• Omar1,333 US · 332 E&W
• Umar180 US · 214 E&W
• Amar132 US · 55 E&W
• Ahmir163 US
• Omer70 US · 48 E&W
• Amor45 US · 5 E&W
• Emry43 US · 3 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.

If you like Emir

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emir’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.