Amirah

What Amirah means

Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”

variant of Amira || Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Amirah” (revision 76010357) and “Amira” (revision 90640954), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Amirah?

US: Rising: up from #670 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #331 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 673 girls got the name (#458 that year). First in the US records in 1976.

How common

• About 1 in 2,665 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,340 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 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 MD (0.85 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Amirah is #490 in the US and #246 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 Amirah 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
• Amira2,168 US · 396 E&W
• Amora1,259 US · 50 E&W
• Amyra201 US · 72 E&W
• Amiri266 US · 5 E&W
• Amarah195 US · 52 E&W
• Ameerah73 US · 76 E&W
• Amaira73 US · 37 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 Amirah

Girls

• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Layla#36Editor’s note Down from #30 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Zaid#675Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 5 babies
• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies

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 Amirah’s. Rank is US 2025.