Amiri

#964 for girls in 2025, 266 births · #604 for boys in 2025, 472 births
Given to boys 67.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 596 births
Debut · boys
14 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,306
since 1971

Amiri over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020girlsat peakboysat 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#964266#604472
2024#878307#532559
2023#847317#506596
2022#880316#523567
2021#1,293175#759330
2020#2,30277#1,295140
2019#4,43731#2,26561
2018#13,7936#5,54016
2017—#4,93519
2016#8,87512#4,47022
2015#16,4195#4,40722
2014#13,0697#5,73315
2013#9,03612#6,24113
2012#14,9626#7,55910
2011—#6,25613
2010—#6,35913
2009—#5,80015
2008#13,8327#4,39522
2007#13,9247#3,25034
2006#15,1526#4,22322
2005#10,9219#3,71025
2004#10,6909#2,53143
2003#7,20715#2,50741
2002#11,1088#2,42841
2001—#2,74234
2000#13,1546#3,42324
1999—#3,48022
1998#12,4266#3,29623
1997#12,0706#4,45114
1996#11,8076#4,18515
1995—#5,12411
1994—#5,45210
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1989—#7,9055
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1973—#3,6948
1972—#3,15210
1971—#2,55814
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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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMNIllinois: #944 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,831 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedWIMichigan: #746 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,746 boysMINew York: #921 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,742 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedINOhio: #914 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,811 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,071 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,999 boysPANew Jersey: #658 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,368 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,513 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 17,238 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,205 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,789 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedALGeorgia: #936 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,284 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Amiri, so not publishedTXFlorida: #806 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,638 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#658 · 1 in 4,368
  2. Michigan#746 · 1 in 4,746
  3. Florida#806 · 1 in 5,638
  4. Ohio#914 · 1 in 6,811
  5. New York#921 · 1 in 6,742

Best ever in a state: #147 in Rhode Island, 2024.

Show every state
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New Jersey#65891 in 4,368
Michigan#74691 in 4,746
Florida#806161 in 5,638
Ohio#91481 in 6,811
New York#921131 in 6,742
Georgia#93681 in 6,284
Illinois#94481 in 6,831
Pennsylvania#1,07161 in 8,999
North Carolina#1,20551 in 9,789
California#1,513111 in 17,238
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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 Amiri
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#532 → #604)
  • 691 spots since 2020 (#1,295 → #604)
  • 3,803 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #604)
  • Biggest jump: 536 spots in 2021 (#1,295 → #759)
  • Biggest drop: 72 spots in 2025 (#532 → #604)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s32#2,558 (1971)#3,135
1980s5#7,905 (1989)#7,905
1990s100#3,296 (1998)#4,872
2000s301#2,428 (2002)#3,501
2010s204#2,265 (2019)#5,377
2020s2,664#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.

Amiri in 2020

girls
#2,302
77 births · 1 in 20,994 girls
boys
#1,295
140 births · 1 in 12,329 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #2,302Amiri77

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,295Amiri140
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 20,994 of them was named Amiri, which outranked 86.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amiri
  1. #2,277Skarlett78
  2. #2,277Zari78
  3. #2,277Ziyah78
  4. #2,302Amiri77
  5. #2,302Aleyda77
  6. #2,302Alyana77
  7. #2,302Averly77
  8. #2,317Aashvi76
  9. #2,317Abigale76
  10. #2,317Alanni76

Tied with 14 names at #2,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 12,329 of them was named Amiri, which outranked 90.8% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Amiri
  1. #1,288Lux141
  2. #1,288Mattias141
  3. #1,288Niam141
  4. #1,295Amiri140
  5. #1,295Derick140
  6. #1,297Daylen139
  7. #1,297Demarcus139
  8. #1,297Garrison139

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →