Amira
The story
Amira is Arabic for princess, the feminine of amir, the commander, and its American record is the quiet kind of impressive: higher every decade since the 1960s, about 24, then 260, 600, 1,600, 4,600, 8,200, and now 10,300 so far this decade, already past the full 2010s. No spike, no show to credit, no celebrity to blame, just steady adoption across Arabic-speaking families first and well beyond them since. That shape, the Alina shape, usually marks a name carried by communities rather than fashion, and it ages accordingly. In our records it is a girls' name almost absolutely, about 25,600 to five. Mira sits inside it as a short form that works in half a dozen languages. A name that means princess and behaves like a marathon runner is rarer than either thing alone.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Amira peaked in the 2020s.
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Popularity in Brazil
600 people · the #11,796 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 34
Among people named Amira living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 69 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Amira
Most people given the name Amira in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Amira deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Amira truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Amira fits with your family’s names and surname.
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