Alira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LEER-uh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Alira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
Where does Alira come from?
Often said to come from an Australian Aboriginal language, though this is unverified
Is Alira a girl's or a boy's name?
Alira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Alira, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Alira of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Alira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
How popular is Alira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Alira, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Alira of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Alira in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Alira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha Safa Ayra Hafsa Amira Nusaybah Aaliyah Aiza Rahma Halima Hiba Rumaysa
Names related to Alira
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, “Alira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alira, updated 20 October 2026.