Emira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-MEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Emira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “princess”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Emira mean?
Arabic: Bosnian and Turkish form of Amira
“princess”
The feminine of emir, from Arabic amir, meaning commander or prince.
Is Emira a girl's or a boy's name?
Emira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Emira, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Emira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Emira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 106% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Emira, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 73 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Emira in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Emira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
- Emira 38
- Emirah 10
Emira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Emira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Hafsa, Abeeha, Khadija, Liyana, Hiba, Nusaybah, Halima, Rumaysa, Ayra, Rahma
Names related to Emira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Emira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emira, updated 20 October 2026.