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
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 276 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,814since 1991
Ahmir over time
Rank among boys' names. Ahmir has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,231 | 163 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,031 | 216 | |
| 2023 | — | #952 | 237 | |
| 2022 | — | #873 | 276 | |
| 2021 | — | #968 | 230 | |
| 2020 | — | #935 | 235 | |
| 2019 | — | #991 | 213 | |
| 2018 | — | #970 | 214 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,029 | 195 | |
| 2016 | — | #946 | 220 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,049 | 189 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,285 | 138 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,233 | 145 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,575 | 100 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,544 | 102 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,438 | 115 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,529 | 108 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,981 | 71 |
| 2007 | — | #1,552 | 101 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,081 | 59 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,344 | 48 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,128 | 52 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,916 | 58 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,027 | 52 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,924 | 54 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,347 | 38 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,651 | 31 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
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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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#625 · 1 in 5,322
- New Jersey#774 · 1 in 6,512
- Georgia#1,274 · 1 in 12,237
- New York#1,438 · 1 in 15,588
Best ever in a state: #222 in District of Columbia, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #625 | 12 | 1 in 5,322 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 7 | 1 in 6,512 |
| Georgia | #1,274 | 5 | 1 in 12,237 |
| New York | #1,438 | 7 | 1 in 15,588 |
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See more about Ahmir
- 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)
- Debuted 1991
- Peaked 2022 at #873 (276 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2023
- 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%)
- 42.8% of all boys named Ahmir (1,631) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 154 | #2,347 (1999) | #4,731 |
| 2000s | 672 | #1,529 (2009) | #1,943 |
| 2010s | 1,631 | #946 (2016) | #1,206 |
| 2020s | 1,357 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Ahmir, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 28,735 of them was named Ahmir, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,969Tashawn72
- #1,969Vihaan72
- #1,969Yosgart72
- #1,981Ahmir71
- #1,981Adiel71
- #1,981Arion71
- #1,981Bradon71
- #2,001Akash70
- #2,001Arden70
- #2,001Aryeh70
Tied with 19 names at #1,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.