# Amir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “commander”, “prince” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ameer |
| US babies named this | 56,257 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 55,747 / 510 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,162, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.

## What it means

Amir is grouped under king.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 7,463 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,360 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,658 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,008 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,036 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,924 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,840 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,657 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,547 |
| 2020 | 16 | 6,950 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,281 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,060 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6,956 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,248 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8,899 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,385 | 250 |
| 2012 | 1,468 | 248 |
| 2013 | 1,726 | 216 |
| 2014 | 1,819 | 212 |
| 2015 | 2,221 | 187 |
| 2016 | 2,446 | 165 |
| 2017 | 2,619 | 150 |
| 2018 | 2,608 | 150 |
| 2019 | 2,971 | 131 |
| 2020 | 3,182 | 117 |
| 2021 | 3,026 | 123 |
| 2022 | 3,353 | 113 |
| 2023 | 3,631 | 99 |
| 2024 | 3,640 | 95 |
| 2025 | 3,297 | 105 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 138 | 321 |
| 2012 | 156 | 294 |
| 2013 | 139 | 311 |
| 2014 | 116 | 359 |
| 2015 | 140 | 334 |
| 2016 | 158 | 306 |
| 2017 | 167 | 299 |
| 2018 | 148 | 320 |
| 2019 | 128 | 347 |
| 2020 | 176 | 266 |
| 2021 | 187 | 253 |
| 2022 | 187 | 252 |
| 2023 | 203 | 239 |
| 2024 | 254 | 195 |
| 2025 | 238 | 212 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَمِير
- Chinese: 阿米爾 /阿米尔
- Hebrew: אָמִיר, עָמִיר
- Russian: Ами́р
- Turkish: Emir

## People named Amir

- Amir, French-Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1984)
- Amir Abrashi, Albanian-Swiss association football player (born 1990)
- Amir Khan, British boxer
- Amir Hadžiahmetović, association football player
- Amir Talai, American actor
- Amir Johnson, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Amir Arison, American actor
- Amir Kumar, field hockey player (1923-1980)
- Amir Taaki, British-Iranian anarchist revolutionary, hacktivist, and programmer
- Amir Mokri, cinematographer
- Amir Abdou, Comorian and French footballer
- Amir Coffey, American basketball player (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.