girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Amira

Meaning princess Gender Girl Rank 2025 #132 Trend ↑ Rising 100%

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

Rank 2025
#132
among girls · ↑5 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,168
named Amira · -1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 741
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
2,187 babies
All-time total
25,614
#909 all-time among girls
First recorded
1963
in Social Security records

Amira popularity over time

25,614 babies have been named Amira since 1963, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 24 – 24 2 – #4,874
1970s 257 – 257 26 +971% #2,307
1980s 595 – 595 60 +132% #1,480
1990s 1,563 – 1,563 156 +163% #916
2000s 4,635 – 4,635 464 +197% #437
2010s 8,199 – 8,199 820 +77% #283
2020s (to 2025) 10,336 5 10,341 1,724 +110% #131

Where Amira is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,417 1.50 #114
2027 2,651 1.65 #96
2028 2,868 1.78 #88
2029 3,066 1.91 #82
2030 3,246 2.02 #74

Where Amira is most popular

Girls named Amira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.13 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Minnesota, and Hawaii.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Amira born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 58 4.89 +331%
Minnesota 326 3.02 +166%
Hawaii 27 2.36 +108%
New Mexico 51 2.10 +85%
Nevada 90 1.94 +71%
Maryland 189 1.78 +57%
New York 689 1.74 +53%
Delaware 19 1.67 +48%
Florida 713 1.67 +47%
Ohio 390 1.64 +45%
Illinois 364 1.59 +40%
Connecticut 92 1.58 +39%
Oregon 99 1.52 +34%
Arizona 207 1.48 +30%
Georgia 334 1.47 +30%
Virginia 248 1.46 +28%
Mississippi 67 1.43 +26%
Michigan 254 1.39 +23%
Massachusetts 168 1.39 +22%
California 1,159 1.38 +21%
Washington 199 1.38 +21%
North Dakota 18 1.37 +21%
South Carolina 121 1.35 +19%
West Virginia 35 1.34 +18%
Kentucky 114 1.33 +17%
Indiana 182 1.30 +14%
Iowa 75 1.28 +13%
Colorado 142 1.27 +12%
Wisconsin 130 1.26 +11%
Missouri 151 1.25 +10%
Kansas 72 1.25 +10%
New Jersey 224 1.24 +9%
North Carolina 282 1.24 +9%
Nebraska 44 1.22 +8%
Louisiana 106 1.21 +7%
Tennessee 188 1.19 +5%
Oklahoma 87 1.18 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 261 1.10 ≈ national
Texas 873 1.09 ≈ national
Alabama 91 0.969 -15%
South Dakota 13 0.911 -20%
Idaho 30 0.897 -21%
Montana 12 0.886 -22%
Arkansas 42 0.795 -30%
Utah 63 0.757 -33%
New Hampshire 13 0.704 -38%
Maine 6 0.388 -66%
Alaska – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Amira

Amira is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #132 in 2025 with 2,168 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1963, 25,614 American babies have been named Amira. Its peak came in 2024, when 2,187 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Amira stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Amira?

The median living Amira is about 8 years old; half are between 2 and 16. An estimated 25 thousand people named Amira are alive in the United States today.

median 8 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Amira year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,168 #132 – –
2024 2,182 #137 5 #12,459
2023 2,108 #131 – –
2022 1,396 #209 – –
2021 1,353 #219 – –
2020 1,129 #283 – –
2019 1,167 #283 – –
2018 1,043 #315 – –
2017 1,024 #317 – –
2016 874 #373 – –
2015 859 #380 – –
2014 767 #418 – –
2013 664 #459 – –
2012 610 #503 – –
2011 587 #500 – –
2010 604 #495 – –
2009 645 #478 – –
2008 729 #437 – –
2007 603 #521 – –
2006 513 #571 – –
2005 480 #593 – –
2004 419 #651 – –
2003 374 #700 – –
2002 318 #759 – –
2001 286 #818 – –
2000 268 #835 – –
1995 147 #1,170 – –
1990 93 #1,606 – –
1985 61 #1,833 – –
1980 47 #2,157 – –
1975 25 #2,882 – –
1970 12 #4,500 – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
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1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Amira

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Amira Casar Amira Casar British-born actress b. 1971 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Amira Willighagen Amira Willighagen Dutch soprano (born 2004) Contemporary
  3. 3 Amira Hass Amira Hass Israeli journalist and author (born 1956) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Amira, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Amira?

The median living Amira is about 8 years old. Half of all living Amiras are between 2 and 16 years old.

How many people named Amira are alive today?

An estimated 25 thousand people named Amira are alive in the United States, based on 25,614 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Amira mean?

Borrowed from Arabic أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra, “princess”).

How popular is the name Amira in 2025?

Amira ranked #132 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,168 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Amira?

25,614 babies have been named Amira in the United States since 1963, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Amira most popular?

Amira peaked in 2024, when 2,187 newborns received the name.

Is Amira a boy or girl name?

Amira is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Amira rising or falling?

Amira is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Amira become more popular?

Amira is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,246 girls named Amira in 2030, which would rank around #74. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Amira?

Well-known people named Amira include Amira Casar (actor), Amira Willighagen (singer), Amira Hass (writer).

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