Semir

#10,500 in 2025Boys' name

Entertaining, through سمير

Semir has been given to 278 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #10,500 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Semir, 2025

1 in 474,000

Semir over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Semir: meaning, origin, and history

Entertaining, through سمير

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Semir means

Semir belongs to the name family reached through Semir → سمير. Its meaning is “entertaining”.

Origin, language, and formation

Semir is used in Serbo-Croatian.

Semir comes through Arabic سمير.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include سمير.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 278 boys were recorded with the name Semir between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2001; its best national rank was #4,260 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,789 in 2020 to #10,500 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,939 in 2015 to #10,500 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 Semir?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,500; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Semir 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 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Semir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Semirs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Semir was born before 2010 — so the typical Semir is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 278; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (106).

Is Semir 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: −2,831; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,289; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −2,561; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.70×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 36.8%; Peak was 2001 (19)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,260; 2001

Spellings of Semir

Semir is not the most common spelling — Amir is, with 30.4% against Semir's 0.15%.

Amir30.4%55,747
Emil18.1%33,096
Samir6.1%11,094
Jamir5.1%9,314
Semaj4.0%7,421
Emir3.1%5,615
Sami2.9%5,303
Meir2.5%4,612

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.

Semir around the world

Where Semir 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
2017–2017
#4,812
in 2017
France
1966–2024
#6,327
in 2024
South Australia
2006–2006
#657
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Semir by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,500
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,289
Best rank ever: #4,260; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 19 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 278
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Semir

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

Semisi Kamir Romir Semaje Admir Nymir Almir Jymir Dymir Lamir Symir Xamir Zimir Omir Tahmir Jhamir Yahmir Dahmir Sahmir Casmir Jaymir Imir Yamir Nahmir

Sibling names for Semir

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

For a sister

Alysa Gabriel Cydney Madisen Reanna Lesli Jacquelin Destiney

For a brother

Jarod Garret Donavon Aaden Zakary Keven Coty Brandan

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