Nakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KEER-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Nakira is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nakira come from?
Modern: probably Na- + Kira, an invented name
Is Nakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakira is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Nakira in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Nakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samira, Amira, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Zaniyah, Safa, Salma, Zaira, Naima, Zahara, Aliya
Names related to Nakira
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Nakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakira, updated 20 October 2026.