NameTides

Aira

Aira was the #1,082 girls' name in the US in 2025 (223 babies), and #340 in England & Wales and #294 in Canada.

Aira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Aira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,082 (223)#340 (127)#474 (6)#413 (9)#294 (105)
2024#1,292 (179)#404 (106)#638 (4)#556 (6)#457 (66)
2023#1,614 (129)#523 (75)—#625 (5)#586 (49)
2022#1,648 (128)#785 (46)—#747 (4)#993 (26)
2021#1,943 (101)#1,286 (25)—#883 (3)#1,110 (23)
2020#2,823 (58)#1,687 (17)——#1,153 (21)
2019#2,285 (79)#1,782 (16)——#1,533 (15)
2018#2,810 (60)#2,674 (9)——#1,507 (15)
2017#2,835 (59)#2,341 (11)——#2,876 (6)
2016#3,656 (42)#1,920 (15)——#2,195 (9)
2015#5,458 (24)#1,961 (14)——#1,757 (12)
2014#5,025 (27)#2,659 (9)——#3,316 (5)
2013#7,031 (17)#2,176 (12)——#2,888 (6)
2012#6,110 (21)#2,969 (8)——#1,787 (12)
2011#5,935 (22)#4,049 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,082.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 7,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Aira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#27346

Aira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AiraCanadaGirls#294105
AiraEngland & WalesGirls#340127
AiraIrelandGirls#4139
AiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AiraScotlandGirls#4746
AiraUSGirls#1,082223