Amira
Amira was the 132nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,168 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 131st; the most babies were born in 2024 (2,182). Over the last ten years it has moved up 248 places. More babies were named Amira in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning princess (Arabic) · Arabic
Say it uh-MEER-uh /əˈmɪrə/
- Rank in 2025
- #132 girls, up 151 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 2,168girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20242,182 babies
- Total since 1880
- 25,614babies recorded
What does the name Amira mean?
Amira is the Arabic amira, 'princess', the feminine of amir, 'commander, prince'. Wiktionary and Wikipedia both give this meaning, and Wikipedia adds 'commander' and 'ruler'. The masculine Amir and the title emir come from the same word. Wikipedia notes that Amira is also popular among Bosniaks in the Balkans. A Hebrew name Amira exists as well, usually linked with a word for 'speech', but our sources do not cover it.
أَمِيرَة (Arabic, “amīra, princess”)أَمِير (Arabic, “amīr, commander, prince”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Amir, Ameera, Amirah, Emira.
See also: Arabic names, names that mean king or queen.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Amira', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Amira (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'أمير', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Amira popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2024.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #132 | 2,168 |
| 2020 | #283 | 1,129 |
| 2010 | #495 | 604 |
| 2000 | #835 | 268 |
| 1990 | #1,606 | 93 |
| 1980 | #2,157 | 47 |
| 1970 | #4,500 | 12 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Amira, counting every spelling?
Amira is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #103 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #132 for Amira on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,099 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amira | 2,168 | #132 | 9,207 |
| Amirah | 603 | #490 | 2,961 |
| Amyra | 201 | #1,153 | 1,147 |
| Amyrah | 70 | #2,514 | 320 |
| Aamira | 13 | #7,886 | 121 |
| Aamirah | 7 | #11,935 | 89 |
| Amirra | 18 | #6,344 | 74 |
| Amirrah | 11 | #8,901 | 57 |
| Amiira | 8 | #10,993 | 54 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Amira?
2,168 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Amira (0.60 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Amira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 4 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Amira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Amira?
About 25,400 people born in the US named Amira are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 3 and 17. That makes Amira a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Amira by state
How common Amira was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (4.3×), Minnesota (2.7×), Hawaii (2.1×), New Mexico (1.9×), Nevada (1.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Maine, New Hampshire, Utah.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Amira: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Amira, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Amira · Sibling names for Amira
Questions about the name Amira
What does Amira mean?
Amira means “princess (Arabic)” (Arabic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Amira?
Amira was the 132nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,168 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 131st; the most babies were born in 2024 (2,182). Over the last ten years it has moved up 248 places. More babies were named Amira in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Amira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Amira in the US.
Where is Amira most popular?
In 2021–2025, Amira was most common in District of Columbia (4.89 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Hawaii.