NameTides

Amirah

Amirah was the #490 girls' name in the US in 2025 (603 babies), and #246 in England & Wales and #440 in Canada.

Amirah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Amirah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUSIreland
Amirah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#490 (603)#246 (189)#387 (8)—#718 (4)#440 (70)
2024#463 (678)#240 (202)#431 (7)—#412 (9)#410 (74)
2023#458 (673)#245 (184)—#391 (3)#445 (8)#606 (47)
2022#576 (519)#322 (135)#418 (7)#305 (5)#559 (6)#640 (44)
2021#611 (488)#318 (148)#485 (6)—#764 (4)#997 (27)
2020#545 (551)#357 (124)#471 (6)—#700 (4)#761 (37)
2019#611 (493)#340 (132)#650 (4)#336 (4)#716 (4)#875 (31)
2018#721 (393)#311 (153)——#629 (5)#983 (27)
2017#661 (450)#340 (140)#666 (4)#296 (5)—#949 (28)
2016#711 (401)#315 (157)#502 (6)#306 (5)#868 (3)#1,043 (25)
2015#670 (427)#331 (141)#806 (3)#358 (4)—#1,115 (22)
2014#666 (428)#329 (139)#430 (8)——#847 (32)
2013#810 (333)#350 (130)#449 (7)—#894 (3)#1,599 (14)
2012#733 (378)#350 (137)#815 (3)——#2,158 (9)
2011#784 (346)#318 (151)#810 (3)——#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #458.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Amirah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Amirah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #328NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #390OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #404CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #376VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #470GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #598TXFlorida: #342FL
Amirah (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#30641
Quebec2025#6696

Amirah (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
AmirahCanadaGirls#44070
AmirahEngland & WalesGirls#246189
AmirahIrelandGirls#7184
AmirahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AmirahScotlandGirls#3878
AmirahUSGirls#490603