Taira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Taira is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Taira mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Taira a girl's or a boy's name?
Taira is a girls' name.
How popular is Taira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Taira in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,414 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Taira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Zaira Shayla Aysha Safa Samira Salma Farah Huda Hiba Amira Faiza
Names related to Taira
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
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, “Taira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taira, updated 20 October 2026.