Nazirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-ZEE-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Nazirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nazirah come from?
Arabic: feminine of Nazir
Is Nazirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nazirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nazirah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Nazirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nazirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Nazirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Hadassah, Zaniyah, Farah, Samiyah, Safa, Zakiyah, Zainab, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah
Names related to Nazirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Nazirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nazirah, updated 20 October 2026.