Munira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Munira is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Munira mean?
Arabic
A female given name of Arabic usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Munira a girl's or a boy's name?
Munira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Munira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Munira, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls.
2025 had more girls named Munira than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Munira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Munira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,272 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Munira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Munira, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Munira in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Munira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
Names like Munira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Abeeha Zainab Amira Khadija Rahma Halima Safiya Sumayyah
Names related to Munira
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, “Munira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/munira, updated 20 October 2026.