# Amirah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amirah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,863 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,863 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,374, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Amira.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 346 | 784 |
| 2012 | 378 | 734 |
| 2013 | 333 | 810 |
| 2014 | 428 | 666 |
| 2015 | 427 | 670 |
| 2016 | 401 | 711 |
| 2017 | 450 | 661 |
| 2018 | 393 | 721 |
| 2019 | 493 | 611 |
| 2020 | 551 | 546 |
| 2021 | 488 | 611 |
| 2022 | 519 | 576 |
| 2023 | 673 | 458 |
| 2024 | 678 | 464 |
| 2025 | 603 | 490 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 151 | 318 |
| 2012 | 137 | 350 |
| 2013 | 130 | 350 |
| 2014 | 139 | 329 |
| 2015 | 141 | 331 |
| 2016 | 157 | 315 |
| 2017 | 140 | 340 |
| 2018 | 153 | 311 |
| 2019 | 132 | 340 |
| 2020 | 124 | 357 |
| 2021 | 148 | 318 |
| 2022 | 135 | 322 |
| 2023 | 184 | 245 |
| 2024 | 202 | 240 |
| 2025 | 189 | 246 |

## People named Amirah

- Amirah Vann, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.