Quamir
Masculine
Quamir is a modern American name with an unusual opening — Qu- is one of the rarest ways to begin a name in English — and an ending shared with a set of names from the same decades.
How old is the name Quamir?
Quamir first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Quamir alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 700 people named Quamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quamir most popular?
Quamir peaked in 2001, reaching #2864 nationally. Today it ranks #3379, 515 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Quamir
Ours, offered as ours. The Qu- opening is worth noticing. English has almost no names that start with it, and the letter combination is not one the language uses at the front of words very often at all. That makes any Qu- name distinctive before anything else about it registers. Quamir pairs that rare opening with an ending that a whole set of American names share, which is a shrewd combination: rare where it counts and familiar where it needs to be.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. The construction is documented: a Qua- opening shared with Quadir, Quashawn and Quan in American records, and a -mir ending shared with Amir, Zamir and Jamir. Arabic amir, a commander, and qamar, the moon, both stand nearby without being confirmed as sources.
Pronouncing Quamir
kwuh-MEER
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Some families say KWAY-mir.
Nicknames for Quamir
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
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 202441 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2864reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −17.1%34 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.
Quamir in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey.
Quamirs among us
people named Quamir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was named Quamir
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 Marzell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quamir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marzell climbed just as high around 1931, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marzell's path sketches the road Quamir is walking now.
Quamir 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 Quamir is headed
Quamir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 38% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Quamir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quamir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Qu- opening is rare enough to keep the name distinct anywhere.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Mir is a usable short form with lives in several languages.
- Quamir, Quamere and Quamir are all in use and the spelling will be asked for.
- The first vowel is unsettled between kwuh and KWAY.
- There is no documented meaning, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Quamirs 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 Quamir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quamir in 2025?
- Quamir ranks #3379 among US boy names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quamir?
- About 1 in every 50,238 US boys born in 2025 was named Quamir — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quamir with classmates?
- Quamir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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