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Amira

Pronounced AE1 M AY1 R AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2024
  • 62 years in use
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How popular is Amira?

Amira is a girls' name, and first appears in 1963. It has been given to 23,936 children — the 833rd most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,276 children were given it.

06251,2501,8752,500197019801990200020102020
2024Girls: 2,276Boys: 5

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AE1 M AY1 R AH0 · AE1 M AY2 AA2 R EY1 · EY1 EH1 M AY1 R AH0 · EY1 EH1 M AY2 AA2 R EY1
Stress pattern:
110 · 1221 · 1110 · 11221
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Amira

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Amira

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Amira?
Amira ranks 833rd among girls' names in US records, with 23,936 births since 1963. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,559.
Is Amira a unisex name?
No. Amira is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Amira most popular?
2024, when 2,276 children were given the name. It has been in use for 62 years and is still recorded as of 2024.