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Zamirah

Feminine

2002high 2017
#3780 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare39 girls in 2025

Zamirah stands close to two real words: the Arabic damir, the conscience or inmost self, and the Hebrew zamir, a nightingale and a song.

How old is the name Zamirah?

Zamirah first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Zamirah is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Zamirah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zamirah most popular?

Zamirah peaked in 2017, reaching #3627 nationally. Today it ranks #3780, 153 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Zamirah

Ours, offered as ours. Two good neighbors sit beside this name. Arabic damir names the conscience — the part of a person that is hidden and knows anyway — and is the word used in the phrase for a clear conscience. Hebrew zamir is a nightingale and, by the same root, a song. Whether either fed this spelling is unrecorded. A conscience and a nightingale are a better thing to point at than an invented gloss.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No source is established for this spelling. Arabic damir, often transliterated zamir, names the conscience or the hidden inner self. Hebrew zamir is a nightingale and also a song. The Za- opening of modern American naming is a third possible source and none is confirmed.

Pronouncing Zamirah

zuh-MEER-ah

Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say ZAM-ee-rah.

Nicknames for Zamirah

Moderate

ZamiThe front of the name
MiraTakes the back of the name
ZeeThe shortest clip
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2002–202542210423920022025

US babies named Zamirah per year from 2002 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#36272000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2002
Most girls named
201742 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3627reached in 2017
Change vs 2024
−2.5%39 in 2025, from 40
Zamirah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2017, with 42 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Zamirah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Zamir in Hebrew — related form
  • Damir in Arabic — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Georgia.

Zamirahs among us

600

people named Zamirah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 41,212 born in 2025 was named Zamirah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Zamirah

#3780
Zamirah on the 2025 chart
#733
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zamirah went to 39 girls in 2025, but Zamira, Zamyra and Zamyrah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 229, which makes it the 733rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,047 places above the chart.

  • Zamira169
  • Zamirah39
  • Zamyra13
  • Zamyrah8

About 1 girl in 7,019 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 41,212 for Zamirah itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Breannah test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zamirah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Breannah climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Breannah's path sketches the road Zamirah is walking now.

40%chance Zamirah will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Zamirah, aligned on its peakBreannah· peak 1997not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+20 yrsBreannah · #10283Zamirah today
Zamirah today is about where Breannah stood in 2005 — 8 years past a #3626-sized peak. Within 15 years, Breannah had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zamirah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Zamirah is headed

20022030

US babies named Zamirah per year, 2002 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Zamirah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+3% by 2030projected around #3,838 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Zamirah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zamirah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zamirahthis name39#3780Kimberlyn39#3780Jonah39#3780Aine39#3780Jakayla39#3780

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Mira is a complete short form in several languages.
  • The initial Z keeps it distinct on any list.
  • Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
What to consider
  • Zamirah, Zamira and Zameera are all in use and none is dominant.
  • The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
  • There is no documented meaning for this spelling.

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Frequently asked

How many Zamirahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Zamirah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Zamirah?
Zamirah is one of 4 recorded spellings. Zamira is the more common one — 169 births in 2025 against 39 for Zamirah.
How popular is the name Zamirah in 2025?
Zamirah ranks #3780 among US girl names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zamirah?
About 1 in every 41,212 US girls born in 2025 was named Zamirah — 39 in all.
Will my child share the name Zamirah with classmates?
Zamirah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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