Humairah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hu-MAY-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Humairah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little red one, rosy-cheeked”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Humairah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Humaira
“little red one, rosy-cheeked”
Traditionally an affectionate nickname of Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Humaira.
Is Humairah a girl's or a boy's name?
Humairah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Humairah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Humairah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Humairah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were given Humairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Humairah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Humairah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Aaminah, Hibah, Nusaybah, Umaymah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Umamah, Farah, Safiya
Other spellings of Humairah
Names related to Humairah
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, “Humairah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/humairah, updated 20 October 2026.