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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#410 · 1 in 2,148
- North Carolina#557 · 1 in 3,422
- Louisiana#569 · 1 in 2,982
- South Carolina#590 · 1 in 3,500
- Virginia#657 · 1 in 4,528
Best ever in a state: #222 in District of Columbia, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #410 | 25 | 1 in 2,148 |
| North Carolina | #557 | 15 | 1 in 3,422 |
| Louisiana | #569 | 8 | 1 in 2,982 |
| South Carolina | #590 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Virginia | #657 | 9 | 1 in 4,528 |
| Wisconsin | #673 | 6 | 1 in 4,332 |
| Maryland | #675 | 6 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Alabama | #728 | 5 | 1 in 4,574 |
| Illinois | #752 | 12 | 1 in 5,161 |
| Florida | #787 | 16 | 1 in 6,042 |
| Michigan | #808 | 8 | 1 in 5,803 |
| Indiana | #819 | 6 | 1 in 5,742 |
| Arizona | #868 | 5 | 1 in 6,925 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,065 | 6 | 1 in 9,701 |
| New York | #1,105 | 10 | 1 in 9,755 |
| Texas | #1,429 | 11 | 1 in 16,015 |
| California | #1,434 | 12 | 1 in 17,976 |
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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
- 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 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,492 of them was named Ahmir, which outranked 92.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,025Gilbert196
- #1,025Giovani196
- #1,025Kamron196
- #1,029Ahmir195
- #1,029Abner195
- #1,029Isai195
- #1,029Jonathon195
- #1,036Adler194
- #1,036Braiden194
- #1,036Denzel194
Tied with 6 names at #1,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.