girls:
916 births since 1983
#4800 (16th percentile)
overall:
916 births since 1983
#6823 (12th percentile)
The name Aira is the #6,823 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 916 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,800 (16.0% percentile) for all time with 916 births since 1983.
Aira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for girls in 1983). Birth data for Aira is available in 32 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Aira reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 13.1% percentile (ranked #823) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 74 births per million (ranked 13.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aira is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #823 (13.1% percentile) with 74 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aira".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Aira", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ira..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Aira is pronounced as AI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-ruh, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.
The raw pronunciations shown (like AY1 R AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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