Takira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-KEER-ah
- Origin
- Modern
Takira is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Takira come from?
Modern: modern US coinage
Is Takira a girl's or a boy's name?
Takira is a girls' name.
How popular is Takira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Takira in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Takira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Dakota, Amira, Aaliyah, Zaira, Salma, Aliya, Khadija, Safa, Kaliyah, Shayla, Jaliyah
Names related to Takira
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Takira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takira, updated 20 October 2026.