Emir

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emir: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emir: Recorded since 1958, its highest recorded position is #224, and it stood at #342 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#224highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2337
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#2501
2001	#1202
2002	#1519
2003	#1188
2004	#1410
2005	#1534
2006	#1280
2007	#1440
2008	#1156
2009	#1494
2010	#1109
2011	#681
2012	#654
2013	#692
2014	#754
2015	#779
2016	#580
2017	#650
2018	#636
2019	#582
2020	#568
2021	#688
2022	#665
2023	#536
2024	#529

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 40 of the 68 years from 1958 to 2025.

In 2025: #342 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1958–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1958
First recorded at #457 among boys in Norway in 1958 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1958–2025
Highest recorded position: #224 among boys in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1958–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #342 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Emir appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1958, and has registered 378 births with the name.

Emir across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emir's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#457 (1958)	#224 (2024)	#342 (2025)	40 of 68	378 (1958–2025)	22 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#529 (2024)	#529 (2024)	29 of 29	946 (1996–2024)	73 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#343 (1975)	#523 (1982)	10 of 12	38 (1971–1982)	7 (1975)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#713 (2016)	#472 (2024)	#829 (2025)	8 of 10	32 (2016–2025)	7 (2024)

Emir by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emir in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	35	6 of 10	6
1990s	39	7 of 10	6
2000s	53	8 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	159	10 of 10	16
2020s	80	6 of 10	13

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Emir appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #224 in Norway in 2024.

Emir's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#529	73	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#536	72	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#665	52	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#688	51	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#568	64	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#582	64	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#636	56	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#650	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#580	63	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#779	41	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#654	52	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#681	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#342	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#224	20	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#299	13	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#379	7	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#236	17	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#268	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#294	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#260	17	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#242	20	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#234	22	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#285	16	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#365	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#339	12	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#495	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#438	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#400	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#433	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#562	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#410	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#488	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#566	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#576	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#578	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#538	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#457	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1958 and 2025, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #224, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 73 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1971, and 66 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Emina · #263, 38y
Emine · #132, 55y
Emira · #1743, 14y
Emirhan · #1851, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dominika · #226, 47y
Iman · #220, 55y
Salma · #228, 47y
Krystian · #232, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Kazimierz · #224, 34y
Adnan · #225, 65y
Anneli · #225, 64y
Eskild · #225, 54y

Emir was ranked #224 in Norway · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emir and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emir without appearing here.

Emir moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1440 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1156 and #3687.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3849.
Herman Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1494 and #3744.
Henrik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1494 and #1494 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #3332.

Moved ahead of Emir

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #848.
Muhammad Compare
In 1967 they stood at #457 and #473 in Norway · Boys; by 1968 that had become #538 and #225.
Lukas Compare
In 1989 they stood at #507 and #548 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #570 and #307.
Marcus Compare
In 1973 they stood at #538 and #549 in Norway · Boys; by 1974 that had become #602 and #354.

Moved the opposite way to Emir

Geir Compare
Between 1958 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #457 to #224 while Geir went from #4 to #482.
Rune Compare
Between 1958 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #457 to #224 while Rune went from #12 to #498.
Tommy Compare
Between 1958 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #457 to #224 while Tommy went from #54 to #503.
Stig Compare
Between 1958 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #457 to #236 while Stig went from #49 to #493.

Moved the same way as Emir

Benjamin Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #602 to #342 and Benjamin from #343 to #48.
Colin Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #602 to #342 and Colin from #599 to #119.
Isak Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #602 to #342 and Isak from #530 to #6.
Levi Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emir went from #602 to #342 and Levi from #622 to #86.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1958 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #224 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emir

Emir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emir across 4 official records

Emir by decade in Norway · Boys

Emir appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Emir

Emir and the names beside it

Emir moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emir

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Moved the same way as Emir

Emir at a glance

Emir across 4 official records

Emir by decade in Norway · Boys

Emir appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Emir

Emir and the names beside it

Emir moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emir

Moved the opposite way to Emir

Moved the same way as Emir