Amira

What Amira means

Means “princess”

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amira” (revision 90640954), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amira?

US: Rising: up from #380 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #210 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,168 girls got the name (#132 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 741 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 640 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,052 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (5.94 per 1,000 girls), MN (3.4 per 1,000 girls), NM (3.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Amira is #132 in the US and #124 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Amira were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Amara2,630 US · 449 E&W
• Amora1,259 US · 50 E&W
• Amari804 US · 65 E&W
• Amirah603 US · 189 E&W
• Amoura570 US · 17 E&W
• Amyra201 US · 72 E&W
• Amiri266 US · 5 E&W
• Amarah195 US · 52 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Amira

Girls

• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*
• Noor#659“light”^*

For a brother

• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Musa#469Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #64 vs #469 in 2025
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies
• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
• Isa#929Diminutive of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Amira’s. Rank is US 2025.