girls:
9.6k births since 1976
#1649 (71st percentile)
overall:
9.6k births since 1976
#2749 (64th percentile)
The name Amirah is the #2,749 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,570 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 64.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,649 (71.2% percentile) for all time with 9,570 births since 1976.
Amirah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for girls in 1976).
For girls, Amirah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 56.4% percentile (ranked #413) with 382 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 382 births per million (ranked 56.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Amirah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #413 (56.4% percentile) with 382 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Amirah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Amirah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 25 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Amira" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Amira..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Amirah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Amirah is pronounced as uh-MIH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-MEE-ruh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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