Boy name#470 of boy names
Amir
Pronounced AA0 M IH1 R (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2023
- 71 years in use
How popular is Amir?
Amir is a boys' name, and first appears in 1954. It has been given to 53,253 children — the 470th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2023, when 3,658 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AA0 M IH1 R · AH0 M IH1 R
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Amir
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Amir
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Amir?
- Amir ranks 470th among boys' names in US records, with 53,253 births since 1954. Over the past decade it accounts for 29,902.
- Is Amir a unisex name?
- No. Amir is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Amir most popular?
- 2023, when 3,658 children were given the name. It has been in use for 71 years and is still recorded as of 2024.