Jahira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-HEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Jahira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jahira come from?
Arabic: probably a form of Zahira
Is Jahira a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahira is a girls' name.
How popular is Jahira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Jahira in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Jahira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samira, Amira, Safa, Zahara, Salma, Aliya, Khadija, Safiya, Halima, Hiba, Zainab
Names related to Jahira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jahira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahira, updated 20 October 2026.