Aamir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-mir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,035 for boys
Aamir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prosperous, full of life”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 2,035th for boys in the US (73 babies).
What does Aamir mean?
Arabic
“prosperous, full of life”
A different name from Amir, 'prince': Aamir comes from an Arabic root meaning to live long and flourish.
Is Aamir a girl's or a boy's name?
Aamir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 73 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aamir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,964th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Aamir, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 58 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aamir in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Aamir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 31 | #656 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 47 | #497 |
| 1998 | 33 | #605 |
| 1997 | 47 | #466 |
| 1996 | 58 | #401 |
How popular is Aamir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,035th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the US were named Aamir, making it the 2,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 144 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aamir than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Aamir in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aamir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,035 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,921 |
| 2023 | 94 | #1,744 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,504 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,546 |
| 2020 | 124 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,634 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,300 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,339 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,252 |
| 2014 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 2013 | 135 | #1,285 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,439 |
| 2011 | 85 | #1,729 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 83 | #1,792 |
| 2007 | 86 | #1,728 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Aamir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amir, Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Umar, Zahir, Abdur, Musa, Zayd, Azaan, Ahad
Names related to Aamir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aamir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aamir, updated 20 October 2026.