Airah

Airah was the #6,546 girls' name in the US in 2025 (17 babies), and #642 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Airah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Airah 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaUS
Airah 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#6,546 (17)#642 (60)#780 (3)#885 (3)#1,315 (19)
2024#5,148 (25)#594 (66)#790 (3)—#2,685 (7)
2023#9,616 (10)#1,469 (21)——#3,290 (5)
2022#10,383 (9)#839 (42)——#2,553 (7)
2021#10,292 (9)#1,286 (25)——#2,616 (7)
2020#8,406 (12)#1,164 (28)#765 (3)——
2019#9,736 (10)#1,017 (34)——#2,872 (6)
2018#9,151 (11)#1,711 (17)———
2017#9,943 (10)#1,995 (14)———
2016#8,875 (12)#2,547 (10)——#1,785 (12)
2015#16,419 (5)#3,615 (6)———
2014#13,069 (7)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #5,148.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2014.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 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 91,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Airah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 59,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Airah 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Airah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AirahCanadaGirls#1,31519
AirahEngland & WalesGirls#64260
AirahIrelandGirls#8853
AirahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AirahScotlandGirls#7803
AirahUSGirls#6,54617