Namir
Masculine · “leopard”
Namir is a leopard in Hebrew — namer — and the same Semitic root gives the Arabic nimr and the ancient city of Nimrud.
How old is the name Namir?
Namir first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Namir is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Namir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Namir most popular?
Namir peaked in 2024, reaching #2012 nationally. Today it ranks #2183, 171 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From namer to Namir
The story of Namir
The Arabian leopard survives in tiny numbers in the Levant and Arabia and was common enough in antiquity for the Hebrew Bible to use it as an image of swiftness. Namer and nimr are the same word across Hebrew and Arabic. Namir is modern Israeli naming and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
leopard
From the Hebrew namer, 'leopard', shared with the Arabic nimr and the Aramaic nemra. Leopards lived in the Levant into the twentieth century and are named in the Hebrew Bible. Namir is a modern Israeli given name. The Semitic root is documented.
How the name formed
- namer
- Namir
Related forms: נמיר · نمر · Nimr
Pronouncing Namir
nah-MEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic nimr is one syllable and quite different.
Nicknames for Namir
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
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 202476 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2012reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −14.5%65 in 2025, from 76
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.
Namir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- נמיר in Hebrew — transliteration
- نمر in Arabic — related form
- Nimr in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina.
Namirs among us
people named Namir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 26,278 born in 2025 was named Namir
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 Markis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Namir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Markis climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Markis's path sketches the road Namir is walking now.
Namir 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 Namir is headed
Namir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 31% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. 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.
Namir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Namir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The leopard meaning is concrete and vivid.
- That the same word runs across Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic is a first-rate fact.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew or Arabic.
- Namir and Amir are close enough to confuse.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Namirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Namir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Namir in 2025?
- Namir ranks #2183 among US boy names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Namir?
- About 1 in every 26,278 US boys born in 2025 was named Namir — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Namir with classmates?
- Namir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Namir
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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