Abir
Masculine · “fragrance”
Abir is given to both — 683 boys and 97 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Abir is two words in two related languages: Arabic for fragrance, and Hebrew for strong or mighty. Both are used as names and they are not the same word.
How old is the name Abir?
Abir first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Abir is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Abir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abir most popular?
Abir peaked in 2021, reaching #2157 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, 1,501 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Abir
The Arabic abir names a specific compounded perfume in classical usage, and the word is used as a name for women in the Arab world more often than for men. Hebrew abir is a different word entirely — it appears in Genesis in the phrase the Mighty One of Jacob — and modern Israeli naming uses it for men. American records hold both, which is why the same four letters are given to boys and girls.
Meaningscholars disagree
fragrance, or mighty
Arabic abir names a perfume or a scent, particularly of saffron and rose. Hebrew abir means strong or mighty and is used in the Hebrew Bible for God and for a chief. The two are separate roots in two Semitic languages.
Pronouncing Abir
ah-BEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Abir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most boys named
- 202166 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2157reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −11.8%30 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Abeer in Arabic — spelling variant
- Abir in Hebrew — related form
- Abir in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Abirs among us
people named Abir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Abir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sharrod test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Abir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sharrod climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sharrod's path sketches the road Abir is walking now.
Abir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Abir is headed
Abir is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Abir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two settled meanings from two related languages, both concrete.
- Four letters and two syllables, very quick to write.
- Easy for an English speaker to say correctly at first sight.
- In Arabic it is more often a women's name, so forms may guess wrong.
- Abeer and Abir are the same Arabic name in different transliterations.
- The two traditions mean entirely different things by it.
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Masculine · #3658 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Abirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Abir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abir in 2025?
- Abir ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abir?
- About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Abir — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Abir with classmates?
- Abir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Abir
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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