Hirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Hirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hirah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hira; named after the cave of Hira near Mecca
Hira is the cave where the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran.
Meaning borrowed from Hira.
Is Hirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Hirah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Hirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Hibah, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Summer, Nusaybah, Hiba, Safaa, Aaminah, Ayah, Farah
Names related to Hirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, 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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hirah, updated 20 October 2026.