Imir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-MEER
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Imir is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
Where does Imir come from?
Perhaps a variant of Emir, or of Ymir, the Norse giant
Is Imir a girl's or a boy's name?
Imir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Imir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Imir, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most boys named Imir of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Imir in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Imir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
Names like Imir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zamir Nazir Ahmir Amir Jamir Musa Hamza Azir Nasir Zymir Samir
Names related to Imir
Sources
Figures from 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, “Imir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/imir, updated 20 October 2026.