Airam
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- eye-RAHM
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Unisex
Airam is a name. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Airam mean?
Canary Islands name, often explained as Maria spelled backwards
Used mainly in Spain's Canary Islands, where it is sometimes said to be of Guanche origin.
Is Airam a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Airam has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls and 22 boys in the US.
How popular is Airam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Airam, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987. 22 boys were also named Airam in 2025 (4,538th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Airam than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Airam in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 88% of the babies named Airam in the US in 2000, and 56% in 2025.
Airam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 52 | #3,081 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Airam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Zainab Salem Hadassah Zaniyah Zaira Ahlam Zaya Kaliyah Amira Aliya
Names related to Airam
Sources
Figures from 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, “Airam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/airam, updated 20 October 2026.