Anira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NEER-ah
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Anira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Anira come from?
Uncertain; possibly a modern form related to Amira or Anaira
Is Anira a girl's or a boy's name?
Anira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Anira, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Anira in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Names like Anira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adhara, Anvika, Prisha, Akshara, Avaya, Aadhya, Advika, Avani, Aavya, Arya, Avira, Aarna
Names related to Anira
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, “Anira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anira, updated 20 October 2026.