Nasira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-see-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Nasira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “helper, supporter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nasira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Nasir
“helper, supporter”
The feminine of Nasir, from the Arabic root n-s-r, linked to help and victory.
Is Nasira a girl's or a boy's name?
Nasira is a girls' name.
How popular is Nasira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Nasira in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nasira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Nasira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Zahara, Amira, Samira, Safiya, Salma, Hafsa, Zamira, Rahma, Aliya, Zaniyah
Names related to Nasira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Nasira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nasira, updated 20 October 2026.