# Amr (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amr/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 976 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 976 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 206, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,171 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,008 |
| 2013 | 25 | 3,973 |
| 2014 | 28 | 3,697 |
| 2015 | 34 | 3,301 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,481 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,604 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,487 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,342 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,548 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,120 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,501 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,549 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4,896 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,865 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Amr

- 'Amr ibn al-'As, Arab military commander and governor (c.573–664)
- Amr Diab, Egyptian singer, composer and actor
- Amr ibn Hisham, Arab polytheist leader of the Quraysh tribe (c. 570–624)
- Amr Warda, Egyptian association football player
- Amr Zaki, Egyptian footballer
- Amr Waked, Egyptian actor
- Amr Khaled, Egyptian television preacher
- Amr El Solia, Egyptian association football player
- Amro Tarek, Egyptian association football player
- Amr ibn Abasa
- Amr Gamal, Egyptian association football player
- Amr Shabana, Egyptian squash player

## 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.