Semira
Girl · seh-MEE-rah · Arabic
Semira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion in evening talk”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Semira mean?
Arabic: Bosnian form of Samira
“companion in evening talk”
A Balkan form of Samira, used especially by Bosnian Muslim families.
- Say it
- seh-MEE-rah
Is Semira a girl's or a boy's name?
Semira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Semira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Semira, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2001, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Semira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
How popular is Semira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Semira, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Semira than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Semira in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Semira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
Names like Semira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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