Athira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-thee-rah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Athira is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the star Ardra”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Athira mean?
Sanskrit: Malayalam form of Ardra (Thiruvathira)
“the star Ardra”
Malayalam form of Ardra, the lunar mansion celebrated in Kerala's Thiruvathira festival.
Is Athira a girl's or a boy's name?
Athira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Athira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Athira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Athira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Athira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Aathira 12
- Athira 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Athira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Athira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Athira, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Athira in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Athira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
Names like Athira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Aadhya Akshara Arya Avira Divisha Aaradhya Prisha Aarya Varnika Advika Viha
Other spellings of Athira
Names related to Athira
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Athira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athira, updated 20 October 2026.