Amr
Amr is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Amr
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amr is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Amr
Amr first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 54 births, good for #2,370 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Amrs. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,611 among baby boy names with 16 births, falling sharply (-25%). In total, more than 989 Amrs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Amr
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About the name Amr
Amr is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 989 births in the dataset. Amr's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #2,370. Use the chart and map above to compare Amr's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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