Nadira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-DEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Nadira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “rare, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Nadira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Nadir
“rare, precious”
Is Nadira a girl's or a boy's name?
Nadira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nadira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Nadira, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nadira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Nadira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Nadira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Nadira, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Nadira in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nadira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
Names like Nadira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Halima Hiba Khadija Amira Hafsa Zainab Safiya Nabiha Habiba Faiza
Names related to Nadira
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, “Nadira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nadira, updated 20 October 2026.