Ahmir

“Respelling of Amir — commander, prince” — Arabic (via Amir) origin

Boy's name · #1231 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Ahmir is near its high-water mark: it reached #873 in 2022 and still ranked #1231 in 2025. About 3,800 boys have carried it since 1991. In Louisiana and Mississippi it runs 3–4× its national rate. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the Northeast in the 1980s and 1990s, strongest in the South today. Ahmir is the less common spelling of Amir — about 5% of babies given the name are written this way; Amir itself ranked #105 in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Similar names: Mahir · Syncere · Mylo · Demari · Tymir · Zyir

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