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Boy's nameOrigin: of mixed originIn Israel: steady

AmirIn Hebrew: אמיר · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אָמִיר

Amir (Hebrew: אמיר) is a boy's name of mixed origin. 31,261 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 399 boys and ranked #48. Its peak year was 1998, with 639 babies.

People in Israel
31,261
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
399
rank #48
Peak year
1998
639 babies
USA, 2025
3,297
rank #105

Writing and saying Amir

In Hebrew letters the name is אמיר, read right to left. Amir is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Amir by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Amir: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Amir in English-speaking countries

Amir in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20253,297#1052024 (3,640)
United Kingdom2025252#2232024 (270)
England and Wales2025238#2122024 (254)
Scotland202510#3332025 (10)
Northern Ireland20254#3442024 (7)
Ireland202518#2472025 (18)
British Columbia202312#2772019 (14)
Alberta202537#1262024 (43)
Quebec202563#1102018 (80)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Amir has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Amir

How do you write Amir in Hebrew?

Amir is written אמיר in Hebrew (with vowel points: אָמִיר). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Amir?

31,261 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אמיר: 18 women and 31,243 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Amir a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named אמיר are men.

Is Amir used outside Israel?

The name Amir appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 3,297 boys were given it in 2025 (#105), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 252 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.