Amirah Girl
How popular is Amirah?
#490 girl name in 2025
603 baby girls were named Amirah in the US in 2025, making it the 490th most popular girl name.
Amirah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #490 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 603 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #670 in 2015, #545 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (678 girls) |
| Highest rank | #458 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Amirah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Amira family of names ranked #108 for girls in 2025 (#100 the year before), with 3,107 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amira | 2,168 | 70% |
| Amirah | 603 | 19% |
| Amyra | 201 | 6% |
| Amyrah | 70 | 2% |
| Aamira | 13 | 0% |
| Aamirah | 7 | 0% |
| Amirra | 18 | 1% |
| Amirrah | 11 | 0% |
| Ahmira | 11 | 0% |
| Ahmirah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Amirah is most popular
Babies named Amirah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Amirah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51 | #4,612 |
| 1980s | 296 | #2,290 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,583 |
| 2000s | 2,280 | #770 |
| 2010s | 3,977 | #611 |
| 2020s | 3,512 | #458 |
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Questions
- Is Amirah a boy or girl name?
- Amirah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Amirah were girls.
- How popular is the name Amirah?
- 603 baby girls were named Amirah in the US in 2025, making it the 490th most popular girl name.
- When was Amirah most popular?
- Amirah peaked in 2024, when 678 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #458 in 2023.
- How many people are named Amirah?
- 10,863 babies have been named Amirah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,790 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Amirah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Amirah was most common in Maryland, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.