Elira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LEE-rah
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Elira is a girls' name, meaning “free”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Elira mean?
Albanian, from i lirë 'free'
“free”
Is Elira a girl's or a boy's name?
Elira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Elira, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Elira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
How popular is Elira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 139% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Elira, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most girls named Elira of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Elira in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
Names like Elira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra, Liyana, Maeva, Abeeha, Elara, Safa, Elora, Irha, Amira, Elodie, Eira, Mirha
Names related to Elira
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, “Elira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elira, updated 20 October 2026.