Nira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NEER-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Nira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
Where does Nira come from?
Used as a Hebrew name, and as an Indian name from Sanskrit nira, 'water'
Is Nira a girl's or a boy's name?
Nira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nira, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Nira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Nira, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1933, with 201 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had more girls named Nira than any year since 1934.
Half of all the girls named Nira in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1933 | 201 | #463 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
Names like Nira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nova, Nora, Isla, Lyla, Nina, Bella, Ada, Mila, Alba, Orla, Ava, Luna
Names related to Nira
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, “Nira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nira, updated 20 October 2026.