Amiri

boys’ name · 68%girls’ name · 32%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Amiri is ranked 533rd among boys in 2024 (556 births). Its best rank was 507th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #533down 26 from 2023
Births in 2024: 5560.03% of boys
Peak year: 2023595 births
Best rank: #507in 2023
Since 1971: 4,184people given the name

Babies named Amiri, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

2,830 boys have been named Amiri in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 595 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2022, and the 2020s alone account for 77%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Amiri is used for both sexes: 32% of its bearers are girls (1,354), most of them born around 2022.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Amiri
1970s	32
1980s	5
1990s	100
2000s	301
2010s	204
2020s	2,188

In 2023, its biggest year

Amiri was the 507th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Amiri

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.