Emir — #558 US boys' name
5,066 babies named Emir in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Emir was born in this single decade.
530 babies were named Emir in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emir
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,066 babies named Emir between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emir currently holds the #558 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 530 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emir performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 2,264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Emir shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 724 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Emir in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,066 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emir at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Emir popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2024)
- 530
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #558 among boys.
5,066 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 530 births in a single year.
Emir popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Emir as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Emir accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Emir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 2,264 births that decade — 45% of Emir's all-time total
Emir decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,264 births
- Runner-up 1,595 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Emir's strongest decade
2,264 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Emir by state
Where Emir concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 724 | 14.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 522 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 486 | 9.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 334 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 246 | 4.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 177 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 176 | 3.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 124 | 2.4% |
724 of 5,066 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.3% of nationwide
- New York 10.3% of nationwide
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Florida 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Emir appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.