How Many People Are Named Emir?
people named Emir are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,416 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,620 babies named Emir in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
546 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Bosnian form of AMIR (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emir (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emir alive today is about 9 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emir first appears in the records in 1970, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 546 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emir has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #551, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #551.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #551 |
| Best rank | #551 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #601 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emir were born in California than in any other state: about 787 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emir was given 2.3 times as often in New York, 1.8 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in New Jersey.
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