Amirion
Masculine · “No settled meaning of its own”
Amirion is a young American name built on a very old one. At its front sits Amir, the Arabic word for a commander or a prince, a word English borrowed centuries ago as emir; at its back is the -ion ending that American parents have been attaching to names for generations. Four syllables that run downhill from the long MEER in the middle.
How old is the name Amirion?
Amirion first appears in US birth records in 2017 — 8 years ago. Amirion is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Amirions are still in diapers. About 300 people named Amirion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amirion most popular?
Amirion peaked in 2025, reaching #1191 nationally. Today it ranks #1191, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Amir to Amirion
Our story of Amirion
Think of it as a name assembled rather than inherited. Amir has traveled a long way — Arabic to Persian to Turkish, into Bosnian and into English titles for rulers, and into American birth records on its own for many decades. Then comes the ending American families have been adding for generations, the one that turns Amar into Amarion and Jamar into Jamarion: a fourth syllable that gives a short name a longer stride. Amirion is that operation performed on Amir, appearing in the national record only recently and still climbing, which means almost every person who has ever carried it is a child right now.
Meaningnot established
No settled meaning of its own; the first element matches Amir, Arabic for 'prince, commander'
What is documented is the raw material rather than a translation. Amir (أمير) is Arabic for a commander or prince, the source of English 'emir'; a separate Hebrew Amir means 'treetop' or 'sheaf of grain'. The -ion ending is a live American naming pattern, the same one behind Amarion, Jamarion and Demarion. Amirion looks like the two joined, but no dictionary reading applies to the finished name, and nobody has recorded who put it together first.
How the name formed
- Amir
- Amirion
Related forms: أمير (Amir) · Emir · Amir · Amir · Amarion
Pronouncing Amirion
uh-MEER-ee-on
Stress on the second syllable, the same MEER heard in Amir. Some families say ah-MEER-ee-un, softening the last syllable; both are in use, and it is worth deciding early which one you will correct people to.
Nicknames for Amirion
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
- 2017
- Most boys named
- 2025171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1191reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +171.4%171 in 2025, from 63
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.
Amirion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- أمير (Amir) in Arabic — related form
- Emir in Turkish — related form
- Amir in Persian — related form
- Amir in Bosnian — related form
- Amarion in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Florida.
Amirions among us
people named Amirion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 9,989 born in 2025 was named Amirion
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 Izaac test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amirion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Izaac climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Izaac's path sketches the road Amirion is walking now.
Amirion 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 scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Amirion is headed
Amirion is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 270% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Amirion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amirion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Carries Amir inside it — a name recognized on several continents — so there is a familiar short form waiting from day one.
- Built on the well-worn -ion pattern of Amarion and Jamarion, so the shape is already familiar to American ears even when the full name is not.
- Spelled the way it sounds once heard: Amir plus -ion, with no silent letters or unexpected vowels.
- A child with this name is very unlikely to share it with a classmate.
- Expect spelling corrections. Amarion, Amerion and Amiriyon are all in circulation, and people who know Amir will often default to it in writing.
- The name is new enough that there are no grown bearers to point to — no public figures, no family precedent, nothing to hand a relative who asks where it comes from.
- Because Amir sits inside it, many people will simply call the child Amir. That is a fine outcome if you like it, and worth thinking about now if you don't.
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Masculine · #1191 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Amirions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Amirion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amirion in 2025?
- Amirion ranks #1191 among US boy names in 2025, with 171 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amirion?
- About 1 in every 9,989 US boys born in 2025 was named Amirion — 171 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amirion with classmates?
- Amirion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Amirion
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