first name
AMIRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,499 people named Amira, 35.7% reported their origin as White, 34.5% as Black and 14.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Amira peaked in 2024, when 2,187 babies got the name.
At least 25,614 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Amira by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #400. The largest share of babies named Amira, 65.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Amira is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amira has been most common in Maryland (2.3×), Nevada (2.2×), and District of Columbia (2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.21×).
23,793 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Amira
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amira, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Amira ranks #81,829 of 156,621, with 249 people. See Amira as a last name
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