girl's name
Jaira
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 554
Jaira is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 1999, when 28 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1983.
Jaira over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 28 |
| 1990s | 139 |
| 2000s | 243 |
| 2010s | 84 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 50 |
How popular is Jaira?
In 2025, Jaira was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Jaira is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Jaira is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Jaïra | Jaïra is Jaira written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #4,485. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Jaira
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jaira also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jaira over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Jaira
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jaira — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jaira
How popular is the name Jaira?
In 2025, Jaira was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Jaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaira is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Jaira most popular?
Jaira peaked in 1999, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Jaira a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jaira currently ranks #4,485 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.