Humayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hu-MAY-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Humayra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little red one, rosy-cheeked”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Humayra mean?
Arabic: spelling of Humaira
“little red one, rosy-cheeked”
Traditionally an affectionate nickname of Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Humayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Humayra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Humayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Humayra, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Humayra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. 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 Humayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #473, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Humayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 39 | #834 |
| 2005 | 34 | #883 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 33 | #863 |
| 2002 | 37 | #750 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 27 | #898 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 33 | #775 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Humayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Humayra, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Humayra in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were given Humayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,492, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Humaira 41
- Humayra 12
Humayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Humayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba, Faiza, Halima, Sabiha, Saba, Fariha, Waziha, Safia, Fabiha, Fatiha, Nafisa, Fatma
Other spellings of Humayra
Names related to Humayra
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Humayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/humayra, updated 20 October 2026.