Aamirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- aa-MEE-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Aamirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “princess, or flourishing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Aamirah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Amira or Aamira
“princess, or flourishing”
Can be read as Amira, 'princess', or as the feminine of Aamir, 'prosperous, full of life'.
Is Aamirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aamirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aamirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aamirah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aamirah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Aamirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aamirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Aamirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Aamirah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Aamirah than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Aamirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aamirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Aamirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Safa, Sumayyah, Ayah, Abeeha, Aafiyah, Ruqayyah, Aakifah, Zainab, Azeemah, Farah
Names related to Aamirah
Amira, Amirah, Amarah, Amaira, Ammarah, Amyrah, Amariah, Amairah, Amorah, Amariyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aamirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aamirah, updated 20 October 2026.