Nairah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Nairah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Nairah come from?
Spelling of Naira; used in several cultures; sometimes linked to Arabic Nayyira, luminous
Meaning borrowed from Naira.
Is Nairah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nairah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nairah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nairah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nairah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Nairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nairah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Nairah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Zairah, Zainab, Hiba, Ruqayyah, Noorah, Izzah, Niyyah, Rahma, Hafsa
Other spellings of Nairah
Names related to Nairah
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, “Nairah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nairah, updated 20 October 2026.