Amire
Masculine · “commander”
Amire is given to both — 835 boys and 107 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Amire is a spelling of Amir, an Arabic word for a commander — the word English borrowed as emir and, by a longer route, as admiral.
How old is the name Amire?
Amire first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Amire is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Amire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amire most popular?
Amire peaked in 2012, reaching #2632 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, 951 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amir to Amire
The story of Amire
Amir has been an Arabic title for well over a thousand years and a personal name for nearly as long, used from Morocco to Indonesia. English borrowed it twice — as emir, directly, and as admiral, through the Arabic phrase amir al-bahr, commander of the sea, whose second half English lost. The Hebrew line is separate and much less traveled. Amire is one of several American respellings.
Meaningscholars disagree
commander, prince
Arabic amir is one who commands, from a root meaning to order. Hebrew amir is a separate word meaning a treetop, and Israeli families use the name on that reading. The two sound alike and are unrelated.
How the name formed
- amir
- Amire
Related forms: Amir · Ameer · Emir · Amir
Pronouncing Amire
uh-MEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families sound the final e, giving uh-MEER-ay.
Nicknames for Amire
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
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 201246 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2632reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −24.4%31 in 2025, from 41
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.
Amire in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amir in Arabic — spelling variant
- Ameer in Urdu — spelling variant
- Emir in Turkish — same name
- Amir in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, Georgia.
Amires among us
people named Amire are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Amire
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 Derward test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amire's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Derward climbed just as high around 1921, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Derward's path sketches the road Amire is walking now.
Amire 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 Amire is headed
Amire should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Amire beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amire in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Arabic meaning that English speakers already half know through admiral.
- Used across the Arab world, South Asia, Turkey and Israel.
- Two syllables and an easy rhythm.
- Amir is the standard spelling and will be written for him constantly.
- The final e is ambiguous — sounded by some families and silent for others.
- A title as a name is a large claim, though Arabic usage treats it as ordinary.
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Masculine · #3583 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Amires are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Amire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amire in 2025?
- Amire ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amire?
- About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Amire — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amire with classmates?
- Amire will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amire
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