Amiri
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- a-MEER-ee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #604 for boys
Amiri is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “commander, leader”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 604th for boys in the US (472 babies).
What does Amiri mean?
Arabic: Swahili form of Arabic amir
“commander, leader”
Borne by the American poet Amiri Baraka, who adopted the name in the 1960s.
Is Amiri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Amiri has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 16 boys in the UK and 266 girls and 472 boys in the US.
How popular is Amiri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Amiri, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys. 5 girls were also named Amiri in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Amiri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24% of the babies named Amiri in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Amiri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
How popular is Amiri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 604th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 472 about 1 in 3,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 650% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 472 boys in the US were named Amiri, making it the 604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,295th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 596 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 266 girls were also named Amiri in 2025 (964th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Amiri in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 484 boys in the US were given Amiri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #576, up from #604 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 20% of the babies named Amiri in the US in 2000, and 36% in 2025.
Amiri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 472 | #604 |
| 2024 | 559 | #532 |
| 2023 | 596 | #506 |
| 2022 | 567 | #523 |
| 2021 | 330 | #759 |
| 2020 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,264 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 43 | #2,527 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
Names like Amiri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Arham, Mustafa, Hamza, Zayd, Musa, Zayan, Rafi, Ibrahim, Ahmed, Huzaifa
Other spellings of Amiri
Names related to Amiri
Amira, Amari, Amir, Amirah, Aamir, Amr, Amiira, Amarii, Ahmir, Amori
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
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, “Amiri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amiri, updated 20 October 2026.