boys:
3.6k births since 1987
#2063 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1987
#4552 (41st percentile)
The name Zamir is the #4,552 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,616 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 41.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,063 (55.0% percentile) for all time with 3,616 births since 1987.
Zamir first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for boys in 1987). Birth data for Zamir is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Zamir reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 38.1% percentile (ranked #564) with 207 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 207 births per million (ranked 38.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zamir is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #564 (38.1% percentile) with 207 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zamir".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zamir. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Zamir is pronounced as zuh-MEAR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuh-MIHR, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like Z AH0 M IY1 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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