Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Amira name popularity since 1925
25,614 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Amira. Half of them were born in 2017 or earlier, so the typical Amira is about 9 years old in 2026. Amira peaked in 2025 as the #132 name for girls, and it ranked #132 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,614
- Named Amira, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #132
- for girls in 2025 (2,168 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 25,609 girls · 5 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.27× its national share
Peak year is the year Amira made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Amira births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2024. Measured as a share of all babies, Amira peaked in 2025.
- Fastest rise: Between 2018 and 2023, Amira became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 1,630 baby girls to 1 in 761.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Amira's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Amira.
Decade by decade
Babies named Amira in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 24 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 257 | 0 | #2,882 |
| 1980s | 595 | 0 | #1,833 |
| 1990s | 1,563 | 0 | #1,170 |
| 2000s | 4,635 | 0 | #593 |
| 2010s | 8,199 | 0 | #380 |
| 2020–25 | 10,336 | 5 | #132 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
65.4% of babies named Amira from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Amira is most popular
The index compares Amira's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Amira.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.27× | 833 |
| Minnesota | 1.99× | 875 |
| Florida | 1.88× | 1,636 |
| Arizona | 1.51× | 470 |
| Virginia | 1.41× | 764 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Amira and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Amira (this page) | 25,609 | 2025 |
| Amara | 28,982 | 2025 |
| Amirah | 10,863 | 2023 |
| Amora | 9,416 | 2025 |
| Amyra | 2,935 | 2024 |
| Amera | 1,123 | 2019 |
| Amaira | 1,035 | 2022 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Amira's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Amira.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Amira (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data