Amra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AHM-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Amra is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Amra mean?
Arabic: Arabic 'Amra; popular in Bosnia
Amra bint Abd al-Rahman was an early Muslim scholar of Medina known for passing on hadith from Aisha.
Is Amra a girl's or a boy's name?
Amra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Amra, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Amra than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Amra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Amra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Amra 7
- Amrah 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Amra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Amra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Amra, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer girls named Amra than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Amra in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Amra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Anaya, Aisha, Ayat, Prisha, Amira, Ayah, Arya, Yusra, Hafsa, Raya, Hana
Other spellings of Amra
Amrah
Names related to Amra
Amara, Amari, Amirah, Ameera, Amyra, Amora, Amyrah, Amoura, Amor
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, 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, “Amra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amra, updated 20 October 2026.