Zemira
Feminine · “song”
Zemira is a Hebrew word for a song — specifically the kind sung at a table on the sabbath, which makes it a name about music made at home rather than in performance.
How old is the name Zemira?
Zemira first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Zemira is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Zemira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zemira most popular?
Zemira peaked in 2018, reaching #1978 nationally. Today it ranks #3389, 1,411 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zemer to Zemira
The story of Zemira
Zemer and its family run through Hebrew in words for singing and for the instruments that accompany it, and the zemirot are one of the ordinary pleasures of a Jewish sabbath — sung at the table by everyone, not performed. The biblical Zemirah is a single mention in a genealogy. As a modern women's name Zemira belongs to the Israeli practice of taking plain Hebrew words as names, and it appears in American records with Jewish families.
Meaning
song, melody
From Hebrew zemer, a song or tune; zemirot are the table songs sung at sabbath meals, and the same root gives the word for a psalm-singer. A biblical Zemirah appears once in Chronicles as a man's name.
How the name formed
- zemer
- Zemira
Related forms: Zemirah
Pronouncing Zemira
zeh-MEE-rah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Hebrew stresses the last, ze-mi-RAH.
Nicknames for Zemira
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 201899 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1978reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −30.8%45 in 2025, from 65
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.
Zemira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zemirah in Hebrew — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Zemiras among us
people named Zemira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was named Zemira
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zemira
- #3389
- Zemira on the 2025 chart
- #872
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zemira went to 45 girls in 2025, but Zemirah is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 88, which makes it the 872nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,517 places above the chart.
- Zemira45
- Zemirah43
About 1 girl in 18,264 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,717 for Zemira 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kathrin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zemira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kathrin climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kathrin's path sketches the road Zemira is walking now.
Zemira 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 Zemira is headed
Zemira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Zemira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zemira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning tied to a specific and warm domestic practice.
- Mira sits inside it as a complete name of its own.
- It begins with Z, which keeps it distinct on any list.
- The stress differs between the Hebrew and American readings.
- Zemira and Zemirah are both used and relatives may prefer the fuller spelling.
- The biblical bearer of the name is a man, which occasionally causes comment.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zemiras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Zemira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zemira?
- Zemira is the most-used spelling in US records — 45 of the 88 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Zemirah.
- How popular is the name Zemira in 2025?
- Zemira ranks #3389 among US girl names in 2025, with 45 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zemira?
- About 1 in every 35,717 US girls born in 2025 was named Zemira — 45 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zemira with classmates?
- Zemira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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