How Many People Are Named Amirah?
people named Amirah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,723 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,863 babies named Amirah in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
678 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of AMIR (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Amirah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Amirah alive today is about 12 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Amirah first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2024, to 678 babies. In 2025, 603 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Amirah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #458, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #490.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #490 |
| Best rank | #458 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #716 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Amirah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Amirah were born in New York than in any other state: about 963 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Amirah was given 3 times as often in Maryland, 2.5 times in New Jersey and 2.2 times in Pennsylvania.
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