Amiri
- #964 for girls in 2025, 266 births
- #604 for boys in 2025, 472 births
- Given to boys 67.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 596 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,306since 1971
Amiri over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #964 | 266 | #604 | 472 |
| 2024 | #878 | 307 | #532 | 559 |
| 2023 | #847 | 317 | #506 | 596 |
| 2022 | #880 | 316 | #523 | 567 |
| 2021 | #1,293 | 175 | #759 | 330 |
| 2020 | #2,302 | 77 | #1,295 | 140 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #2,265 | 61 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | — | #4,935 | 19 | |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #4,395 | 22 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #3,250 | 34 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #2,531 | 43 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | — | #2,742 | 34 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,296 | 23 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Amiri! It came in at #2,558, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Amiri is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nevada#213 · 1 in 807
- Connecticut#326 · 1 in 1,467
- Ohio#349 · 1 in 1,642
- Wisconsin#374 · 1 in 1,674
- North Carolina#381 · 1 in 1,775
Best ever in a state: #147 in Rhode Island, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #213 | 14 | 1 in 807 |
| Connecticut | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Ohio | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Wisconsin | #374 | 14 | 1 in 1,674 |
| North Carolina | #381 | 29 | 1 in 1,775 |
| Michigan | #420 | 20 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Alabama | #450 | 11 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Oklahoma | #464 | 9 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Kansas | #468 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Louisiana | #487 | 9 | 1 in 2,126 |
| Massachusetts | #507 | 9 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Georgia | #519 | 20 | 1 in 2,511 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 14 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| New Jersey | #523 | 14 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Texas | #575 | 54 | 1 in 3,242 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 7 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Virginia | #627 | 11 | 1 in 3,387 |
| Florida | #633 | 26 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Missouri | #709 | 7 | 1 in 3,973 |
| California | #719 | 37 | 1 in 4,743 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Pennsylvania | #792 | 10 | 1 in 5,226 |
| New York | #844 | 16 | 1 in 5,276 |
| Washington | #898 | 6 | 1 in 5,466 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 72 spots since 2024 (#532 → #604)
- 691 spots since 2020 (#1,295 → #604)
- Biggest jump: 536 spots in 2021
- Biggest drop: 72 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2023 at #506 (596 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,870
- Highest: 1 in 2,870 boys born in 2023 were named Amiri (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,619 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 80.6% of all boys named Amiri (2,664) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32 | #2,558 (1971) | #3,135 |
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 100 | #3,296 (1998) | #4,872 |
| 2000s | 301 | #2,428 (2002) | #3,501 |
| 2010s | 204 | #2,265 (2019) | #5,377 |
| 2020s | 2,664 | #506 (2023) | #703 |
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.
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