Hira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #899 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Hira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 899th for girls in the UK (42 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Hira mean?
Arabic: named after the cave of Hira near Mecca
Hira is the cave where the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran.
Is Hira a girl's or a boy's name?
Hira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #899among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were named Hira, making it the 899th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 47 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Hira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #899 for this spelling alone.
- Hira 42
- Heera 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales.
Hira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #899 |
| 2024 | 47 | #840 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 28 | #990 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Hira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 97% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Hira, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Hira in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Hira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hiba Hafsa Huda Zainab Rahma Ayah Halima Khadija Amira Husna Aaliyah
Other spellings of Hira
Names related to Hira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Hira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hira, updated 20 October 2026.