girls:
1k births since 1996
#4671 (18th percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1971
#2646 (42nd percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1971
#4741 (39th percentile)
The name Amiri is the #4,741 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,318 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 38.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,646 (42.3% percentile) for all time with 2,273 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #4,671 (18.3% percentile) for all time with 1,045 births since 1996.
Amiri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Amiri is available in 35 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 22 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 Amiri has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 65.4% of babies named Amiri were boys.
For boys, Amiri reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 50.7% percentile (ranked #450) with 324 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 324 births per million (ranked 50.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Amiri is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #450 (50.7% percentile) with 324 births per million.
For girls, Amiri reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 31.9% percentile (ranked #653) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 180 births per million (ranked 31.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amiri is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #646 (31.8% percentile) with 180 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amiri".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Amiri. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.8% confident that Amiri is pronounced as uh-MIH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEE-ree, at 31.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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