Baby Boy Names - Amir

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The name Amir is of Arabic origin, and means prince or commander. The table below indicates the number of times the name Amir has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Amir**
Use of the Name Amir for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
9,414	9,414	9,046	5,862	3,629	1,644	830

The table below indicates the number of times the name Amir has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Amir first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1976, which is the first year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Amir**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1976	999	69
1977	926	84
1978	852	101
1979	813	114
1980	771	129
1981	713	146
1982	755	136
1983	668	163
1984	601	200
1985	676	172
1986	622	204
1987	654	195
1988	648	213
1989	616	256
1990	608	272
1991	641	254
1992	654	251
1993	635	264
1994	566	329
1995	552	338
1996	535	359
1997	502	413
1998	442	516
1999	401	607
2000	414	601
2001	392	646
2002	361	738
2003	341	814
2004	340	830
Totals:		9,414		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Amir as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.

See the Social Security card applications information for qualifiers about the data shown on this page.

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