Yamir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yah-MEER
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Yamir is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
Where does Yamir come from?
Modern: probably a respelling of Jamir or a Y- form of Amir
Is Yamir a girl's or a boy's name?
Yamir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yamir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,718th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Yamir, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Yamir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were given Yamir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,677, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.
- Yamir 47
- Yahmir 34
Yamir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Yamir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Jamir, Nazir, Ahmir, Zymir, Amir, Musa, Hamza, Yahir, Nasir, Samir
Other spellings of Yamir
Names related to Yamir
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Yamir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yamir, updated 20 October 2026.