Spellings

Amir or Ameer?

In the US in 2025, 88% of babies in this name family were spelled Amir and 6% Ameer. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Amir already led in 2015, with 79% of the family's births; it has 88% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 2,823 to 3,766 births (+33%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Amir2,2213,297+48%
Ameer269233−13%
Ahmir189163−14%
Aamir14473−49%

How they sound

  • Amir /əˈmɪr/ (uh-MEER)
  • Ameer /əˈmir/ (uh-MEER)
  • Ahmir /əˈmɪr/ (uh-MEER)
  • Aamir /ˈɑmɪr/ (AH-mir)

In France

In France in 2025: Amir 1,015 births (#56 among boys) and Ameer 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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