How Many People Are Named Amir?

55,548

people named Amir are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 6,152 people in the US has this name

Based on 56,257 babies named Amir in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#860

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#386

See the top 100

Peak Year

2023

3,647 births

Trend

↑

Rising (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.9%
Male
99.1%

Of the babies given the name Amir, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Amir alive today is about 12 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.

Under 30 51,391
92.5%
30 to 59 4,106
7.4%
60 and over 52
0.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Amir first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2023, to 3,647 babies. In 2025, 3,308 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.

Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Amir never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #95, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 2 years, 2023 to 2024. In 2025 it ranked #105.

Boys
Rank in 2025#105
Best rank#95 (2024)
Years in the top 1002 (2023 to 2024)
Rank in its biggest decade#191 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Amir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Amir were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,620 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amir was given 3.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in Maryland and 1.9 times in Georgia.

New York 5,620
California 4,824
Florida 4,247
Texas 3,816
Georgia 3,286
Pennsylvania 2,739
Illinois 2,716
New Jersey 2,309
North Carolina 2,244
Michigan 2,192
Ohio 2,123
Virginia 2,010
Maryland 1,779
South Carolina 1,114
Louisiana 989
Tennessee 981
Massachusetts 895
Missouri 880
Indiana 770
Alabama 764
Minnesota 666
Wisconsin 657
Connecticut 624
Arizona 606
Mississippi 539
District of Columbia 517
Washington 485
Nevada 418
Colorado 384
Kentucky 333
Arkansas 328
Oklahoma 257
Kansas 225
Iowa 217
Delaware 208
Oregon 192
Rhode Island 129
Nebraska 106
Utah 57
New Mexico 48
West Virginia 37
North Dakota 17
Idaho 14
Hawaii 11
South Dakota 5
Maine 5
New Hampshire 5

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