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Amiri

#604 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Amari

Amiri has been given to 4,928 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #604 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 596 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Amiri, 2025

1 in 7,020

Amiri over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Amiri over time

In 2025, Amiri went to 36% girls and 64% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Amiri: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Amari

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Amiri means

Amiri is a variant of Amari.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Amiri → Amari → 余り. The family’s meaning is “over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of”, recorded in Japanese with the source elements 余り.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amari.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,306 boys were recorded with the name Amiri between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 596 in 2023; its best national rank was #506 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,295 in 2020 to #604 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,410 in 2015 to #604 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,622 girls were recorded with the name Amiri between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 317 in 2023; its best national rank was #847 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,304 in 2020 to #964 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #16,596 in 2015 to #964 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Amiri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,020
472 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,620
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#604
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,870 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Amiri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1001%
School of 5007%

Put another way: gather 4,870 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amiri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amiris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amiri was born before 2022 — so the typical Amiri is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
80.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,306
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 80.6% of all recorded uses (2,664).

Is Amiri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−72
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+691
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,806
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
21.45×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.2%
Peak was 2023 (596)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#506
2023

Spellings of Amiri

Amiri is not the most common spelling — Amir is, with 19.4% against Amiri's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Amiri is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Amiri was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 3,226 boys, against 1 in 5,686 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 20,000).

531 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 3,226
  2. 2Nevada1 in 3,333
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 3,448
  4. 4Michigan1 in 3,704
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in 3,704
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 3,846
  7. 7Ohio1 in 3,846
  8. 8Illinois1 in 4,167

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Amiri is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 22% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Amiri is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Amiri was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 3,030 girls, against 1 in 9,943 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

133 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 3,030
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 3,333
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 4,348
  4. 4Georgia1 in 4,762
  5. 5Missouri1 in 5,000
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 5,263
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 5,263
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 6,250

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Amiri around the world

Where Amiri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2025
    #1,613
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2022–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Amiri

People whose public names include Amiri, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Amiri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#604
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 691
Best rank ever
#506
2023
Peak year
2023
596 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,306
Count in 2025
472

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#964
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,340
Best rank ever
#847
2023
Peak year
2023
317 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,622
Count in 2025
266

Names similar to Amiri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AmiasAminAmitAmielAmireAmierAmilAmineAmiirAmilcarAmirrAmilioKairiAmiAmirAmitaiAmishAmirionKhairiAmirisRuairiJasiriAmillionAmiin

Names with a curve like Amiri

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Amiri, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KayceKaizenAtreusKylianKyaireCassianZyairChosenRhodesOzzySevynKyro

Sibling names for Amiri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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