NameTides

Amira

Amira was the #132 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,168 babies), and #124 in England & Wales and #101 in Canada.

Amira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Amira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUSScotlandNorthern Ireland
Amira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#132 (2,168)#124 (396)#217 (17)#259 (6)#130 (36)#101 (254)#79 (90)#84 (74)
2024#136 (2,182)#139 (358)#215 (17)#192 (9)#156 (29)#104 (246)——
2023#131 (2,108)#143 (345)#304 (12)#302 (5)#190 (24)#88 (250)——
2022#209 (1,396)#162 (307)#260 (14)#305 (5)#203 (23)#141 (189)——
2021#219 (1,353)#158 (327)#363 (9)#139 (17)#284 (15)#197 (153)——
2020#283 (1,129)#176 (283)#209 (18)#228 (7)#275 (15)#177 (157)——
2019#283 (1,167)#178 (280)#406 (8)#157 (13)#395 (10)#196 (148)——
2018#315 (1,043)#199 (259)#376 (9)#179 (11)#319 (14)#189 (156)——
2017#317 (1,024)#175 (306)#237 (18)#215 (8)#272 (17)#241 (129)——
2016#373 (874)#197 (277)#240 (17)#306 (5)#359 (12)#206 (154)——
2015#380 (859)#210 (257)#318 (12)#269 (6)#462 (9)#277 (119)——
2014#418 (767)#179 (293)#274 (16)#247 (7)#264 (19)#280 (118)——
2013#459 (664)#198 (256)#387 (9)#327 (5)#424 (10)#264 (123)——
2012#503 (610)#173 (298)#294 (15)#330 (5)#317 (16)#324 (98)——
2011#500 (587)#181 (283)#317 (12)—#359 (13)#296 (111)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #132.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 740 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 740common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 640common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 590common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 590common

Next year

On its recent trend, Amira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 590 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 450 to 1 in 760.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #169WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #58MNIllinois: #111ILMichigan: #114MINew York: #82NYMassachusetts: #120MAOregon: #144ORNevada: #82NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #186IAIndiana: #187INOhio: #134OHPennsylvania: #183PANew Jersey: #200NJConnecticut: #150CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #101CAUtah: #260UTColorado: #151CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #121VAMaryland: #106MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #134AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #163KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #174TNNorth Carolina: #178NCSouth Carolina: #198SCDistrict of Columbia: #51DCOklahoma: #196OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #134GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #146TXFlorida: #85FL
Amira (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#73126
Quebec2025#19729

Amira (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
AmiraCanadaGirls#101254
AmiraEngland & WalesGirls#124396
AmiraIrelandGirls#13036
AmiraNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
AmiraNSWGirls#7990
AmiraScotlandGirls#21717
AmiraUSGirls#1322,168
AmiraUSBoys—too few
AmiraVICGirls#8474