Namirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-MEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Namirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Namirah come from?
Arabic: spelling of Namira; feminine of Namir
Meaning borrowed from Namira.
Is Namirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Namirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Namirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Namirah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Namirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Namira 10
- Namirah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Namirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Namirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Namirah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Namirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Namirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
Names like Namirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Sumayyah, Aaminah, Aaliyah, Aafiyah, Ayah, Umaymah, Azeemah, Zainab
Other spellings of Namirah
Names related to Namirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Namirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/namirah, updated 20 October 2026.