Ahmir

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #1,231 for boys in 2025, 163 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#873
2022 · 276 births
Debut · boys
1991
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,814
since 1991

Ahmir over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ahmir has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,231163
2024—#1,031216
2023—#952237
2022—#873276
2021—#968230
2020—#935235
2019—#991213
2018—#970214
2017—#1,029195
2016—#946220
2015—#1,049189
2014—#1,285138
2013—#1,233145
2012—#1,575100
2011—#1,544102
2010—#1,438115
2009—#1,529108
2008#17,5045#1,98171
2007—#1,552101
2006—#1,94369
2005—#2,08159
2004—#2,34448
2003—#2,12852
2002—#1,91658
2001—#2,02752
2000—#1,92454
1999—#2,34738
1998—#2,65131
1997—#3,73818
1996—#3,29321
1995—#4,79112
1994—#4,53713
1993—#8,7005
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,09610
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five boys were named Ahmir! It came in at #5,096, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Ahmir is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMINew York: #1,269 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,941 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #607 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,418 boysPANew Jersey: #509 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,377 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ahmir, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#509 · 1 in 4,377
  2. Pennsylvania#607 · 1 in 6,418
  3. New York#1,269 · 1 in 15,941

Best ever in a state: #222 in District of Columbia, 2010.

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Pennsylvania#607101 in 6,418
New York#1,26971 in 15,941
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ahmir
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 200 spots since 2024 (#1,031 → #1,231)
  • 296 spots since 2020 (#935 → #1,231)
  • 182 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,231)
  • Biggest jump: 103 spots in 2016 (#1,049 → #946)
  • Biggest drop: 83 spots in 2017 (#946 → #1,029)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2022 at #873 (276 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,326
  • Highest: 1 in 6,326 boys born in 2022 were named Ahmir (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,479 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 42.8% of all boys named Ahmir (1,631) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s154#2,347 (1999)#4,731
2000s672#1,529 (2009)#1,943
2010s1,631#946 (2016)#1,206
2020s1,357#873 (2022)#998

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ahmir in 2001

boys
#2,027
52 births · 1 in 37,363 boys

Top boys' names in 2001

  1. #1Jacob32,573
  2. #2Michael29,689
  3. #3Matthew26,812
  4. #4Joshua26,024
  5. #5Christopher23,132
  6. #6Nicholas22,849
  7. #7Andrew22,422
  8. #8Joseph22,030
  9. #9Daniel21,013
  10. #10William20,110
  11. #2,027Ahmir52
More about 2001

boys

1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 37,363 of them was named Ahmir, which outranked 83.5% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ahmir
  1. #2,007Terrel53
  2. #2,007Treshawn53
  3. #2,007Yusef53
  4. #2,027Ahmir52
  5. #2,027Ace52
  6. #2,027Aleksandr52
  7. #2,027Amon52
  8. #2,050Adarius51
  9. #2,050Aharon51
  10. #2,050Alphonso51

Tied with 22 names at #2,027; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,879Jaheim#6,316 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,128Imanol#2,049 → #921
  3. ↑ 730Jagger#1,391 → #661
  4. ↑ 539Maximus#850 → #311
  5. ↑ 461Daunte#1,429 → #968
Fallers
  1. ↓ 476Tyreek#914 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 466Tyrique#949 → #1,415
  3. ↓ 456Infant#765 → #1,221
  4. ↓ 423Deion#893 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 291Nicklaus#986 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →