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Qira

KEE-rah /ˈkɪrə/

At a glance

In short
Qira is a radiant female name of Arabic origin—drawn from the root q-r-ā’, meaning “recitation”—that brings to mind the magic of spoken word and the warmth of stories shared around a family table.
U.S. rank 2025
#14,942 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
5 (<0.01% of girls)
Trend
Slipping #7,212 in 2020 to #14,942 in 2025
Peak
#6,984 in 2022
First recorded
2019

Meaning of Qira

Qira is a radiant female name of Arabic origin—drawn from the root q-r-ā’, meaning “recitation”—that brings to mind the magic of spoken word and the warmth of stories shared around a family table. Simple to say (KEE-rah) yet unforgettable, it dances off the tongue like a flamenco rhythm under a moonlit plaza, making parents grin as if it’s a churro among plain rolls. In the U.S., Qira is gently climbing in popularity—doubling newborns from 5 in 2023 (rank 953) to 10 in 2024 (rank 940)—a sweet rise for a name that feels both timeless and refreshingly new.

How to pronounce Qira

Popularity of Qira in the U.S.

Qira was the #14,942 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 5 babies. It peaked at #6,984 in 2022. It first appears in the records in 2019.

Bar and line chart: Qira in the U.S., 2019–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 16 in 2022 and 5 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #6,984 in 2022, #14,942 in 2025.
  • Girls named Qira (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2019–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2019⁠–⁠2025 7 rows
Qira: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025514,942▼ 5,386
2024109,556▲ 5,638
2023515,194▼ 8,210
2022166,984▲ 5,222
2021712,206▼ 4,994
2020157,212▲ 926
2019138,138new