Head to head · Boys' names
Albert vs Amiri
#614 vs #604 in 2025
Amiri is a whisker ahead (#604 vs #614 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Amiri is climbing the charts fast, Albert is stepping back from its peak.
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The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Albert and Amiri each lead 3 measures of 6.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Albert #16, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1890s: Albert #16, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1900s: Albert #16, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1910s: Albert #17, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1920s: Albert #21, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1930s: Albert #32, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1940s: Albert #48, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1950s: Albert #75, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1960s: Albert #100, Amiri — — Albert higher
- 1970s: Albert #127, Amiri #3135 — Albert higher
- 1980s: Albert #151, Amiri #7905 — Albert higher
- 1990s: Albert #221, Amiri #4872 — Albert higher
- 2000s: Albert #335, Amiri #3501 — Albert higher
- 2010s: Albert #433, Amiri #5377 — Albert higher
- 2020s: Albert #585, Amiri #703 — Albert higher
Albert stood higher in every recorded decade — 15 of 15.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Albert | Amiri |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #16 | — |
| 1890s | #16 | — |
| 1900s | #16 | — |
| 1910s | #17 | — |
| 1920s | #21 | — |
| 1930s | #32 | — |
| 1940s | #48 | — |
| 1950s | #75 | — |
| 1960s | #100 | — |
| 1970s | #127 | #3135 |
| 1980s | #151 | #7905 |
| 1990s | #221 | #4872 |
| 2000s | #335 | #3501 |
| 2010s | #433 | #5377 |
| 2020s | #585 | #703 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Albert
- England & Wales#57
Amiri
Not charting outside the US.
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Albert
noble and bright
The Germanic compound joins a word for noble to one for bright or famous. Both elements are among the commonest in the whole stock, and the reading has never been disputed.
Adalberht → Albert
How it traveled
The other Albert worth knowing about taught Thomas Aquinas. Albertus Magnus was a thirteenth-century German friar who wrote about theology, logic, botany, zoology, mineralogy, astronomy and the anatomy of insects, on the principle that observing the world was a legitimate way of thinking about it — which was not the consensus.
Amiri
princely; of a commander — from Arabic amīr
Amīr comes from the Arabic root meaning 'to command'; it is the same word as the title emir. Amiri is the adjectival form, and also the ordinary Swahili form of Amir.
amīr (Arabic) → Amir → Amiri
How it traveled
The root is the Arabic verb meaning 'to command', which gave amīr — a commander, a prince — a title that spread with Arabic across North Africa, Persia, Turkey, South Asia and the Swahili coast, surviving in English as emir. Amiri is the adjectival form of that word and, in Swahili, the everyday shape the name takes.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Albert
AL-burt
Two syllables with the weight at the front. French says al-BAIR with the final consonant silent, and Italian and Spanish give it three as Alberto.
- Al — The standard American short form; used for women and men both.
- Bert — Cut from the back; a standing name of its own.
- Bertie — The affectionate British form; carried by two kings before they took other names.
Amiri
ah-MEER-ee
Three syllables, stress on the middle one. Some American speakers open with a softer uh-. The spelling gives the sound away, so strangers rarely have to guess.
- Amir — The shorter parent form; stands fully on its own as a given name in many languages, so it doubles as an everyday nickname.
- Ami — Informal, family-level shortening; also a given name in its own right elsewhere.
- Miri — Informal, drawn from the stressed middle of the name.
- Riri — Playful reduplication used mostly by younger relatives and small children.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Albert if you want…
- a name fewer children share#614 in 2025 — albert will almost certainly be the only one in school
- a name past its most crowded yearsAlbert is stepping back from its peak
- a name with fewer syllablesAlbert is 2 syllables to Amiri's 3
- a name that charts abroad tooAlbert is on the national lists of England & Wales
Choose Amiri if you want…
- a name most people already know#604 in 2025, 472 babies that year
- a name on the way upup 692 places on the charts in five years
- a name with more sound in itAmiri runs 3 syllables, Albert 2
- a newer arrivalAmiri entered the US charts in 1971
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Albert
Strengths
- It has a form in every European language and is recognized across all of them.
- Al and Bert are established short forms with quite different registers.
- It has an unbroken run in American records from the first year they were kept.
To consider
- It is strongly associated with the first half of the twentieth century in America.
- The spelling is recorded for a small number of girls, though it reads overwhelmingly as a boy's name.
- Two British kings were christened Albert and both chose different names on taking the throne.
Amiri
Strengths
- Built on the same root as Amir and Emir, names already familiar across Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu and Swahili speech.
- Reads phonetically in English — most people say it correctly on sight without being taught.
- Its meaning is settled rather than disputed, which is not true of every name a parent looks up.
To consider
- It sits very close to Amir and Amira, and to Amara. Expect a lifetime of gentle corrections when the final vowel gets dropped or swapped — and consider whether one of those is actually the name you want.
- Amiri is also a well-known luxury clothing label, named for its founder. That association is current and mostly harmless, but people will occasionally mention it.
- The spelling is recorded for both boys and girls, leaning to boys. A girl named Amiri may be assumed male on paperwork before anyone meets her.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Albert
12%chance Albert feels dated by 2040
Albert has held the top-100 across 9 different decades — it has never depended on fashion, and names like that read the same at any age.
Amiri
58%chance Amiri feels dated by 2040
Amiri is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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More head-to-heads
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Lists that carry both names
Every list here names both Albert and Amiri — the same style, ranked by the same records.
Albert or Amiri — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Albert or Amiri?
- Amiri, in 2025: Amiri ranked #604 with 472 babies; Albert ranked #614 with 461 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Albert or Amiri?
- Amiri. Over the last five years Albert moved down 91 places; Amiri moved up 692 places.
- Which is the older name, Albert or Amiri?
- Albert was already in use when US records began in 1880; Amiri entered the US charts in 1971. On the American record, Albert is the older name.
- How many people are named Albert and Amiri?
- About 179,000 people named Albert are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 3,300 people named Amiri are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Alberts or Amiris in the classroom?
- Albert will almost certainly be the only one in school. Amiri will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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