girls:
490 births since 1983
#5226 (9th percentile)
boys:
48.8k births since 1954
#511 (89th percentile)
overall:
49.3k births since 1954
#1085 (86th percentile)
The name Amir is the #1,085 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 49,255 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 86.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #511 (88.9% percentile) for all time with 48,765 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #5,226 (8.5% percentile) for all time with 490 births since 1983.
Amir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Amir is available in 66 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (66 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Amir has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Amir reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 89.6% percentile (ranked #96) with 1,977 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 1,977 births per million (ranked 89.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1961, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amir is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #96 (89.6% percentile) with 1,977 births per million.
For girls, Amir reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #915) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Amir ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 64.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amir".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Amir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.2% confident that Amir is pronounced as uh-MIHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEAR, at 23.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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