Heera
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- HEE-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Heera is a name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “diamond”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Heera mean?
Sanskrit: Hindi and Punjabi heera, from Sanskrit hira
“diamond”
The Hindi and Punjabi word for diamond, from Sanskrit hira.
Is Heera a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Heera has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 9 girls in the US.
How popular is Heera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Heera, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls. 3 boys were also named Heera in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Heera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Hira 42
- Heera 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Heera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
How popular is Heera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Heera, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Heera in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Names like Heera
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Halima, Huda, Rahma, Uma, Hana, Ayra, Raya, Maha, Hawa
Other spellings of Heera
Names related to Heera
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Heera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heera, updated 20 October 2026.