Namir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-MEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Namir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “leopard”. In 2025 it ranked 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
What does Namir mean?
Arabic: Arabic and Hebrew; from the Semitic word for leopard
“leopard”
Is Namir a girl's or a boy's name?
Namir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Namir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,183rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Namir, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Namir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Namir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,012 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,063 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,276 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Namir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Nasir, Zamir, Ahmir, Nazir, Amir, Hamza, Samir, Zayd, Muhammad, Jamir, Musa
Names related to Namir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Namir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/namir, updated 20 October 2026.