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Girl's name · #490 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Amirah is near its high-water mark: it reached #458 in 2023 and still ranked #490 in 2025. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1976.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#18 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #246 in England & Wales (2025) · #391 in Scotland (2025) · #738 in Ireland (2025) · #869 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #2,409 in France (2025) · #419 in Canada (2024).
Among 22 notable people named Amirah:
Entertainers appear 2.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Amirah Vann, American actress.
Together with its spelling variants Amira (#132) and Amyra (#1153), Amirah would rank around #84 with about 3,000 births last year — the newborns split about 73/20/7 across Amira, Amirah, and Amyra.
Similar names: Ameerah · Zuri · Aminah · Alia · Amani · Amal
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