Fun Facts About the Name Zamira
- More than 1 thousand babies named Zamira: U.S. records list 1,700 babies given the name Zamira from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zamira Mean?
Zamira is usually traced to the Arabic noun ḍamīr (ضمير), which means "conscience," "inner self," or "hidden thought." Persian speakers pronounce the Arabic letter ḍād as z, so the same word was carried into Persian as zamīr. Adding the feminine ending -a produces Zamira, literally something like "one with a conscience" or, more loosely, "inner self." The softer glosses sometimes given for the name, such as "virtuous" or "honest," are customary readings of that same idea rather than a separate root.
A second explanation treats Zamira as a variant of the Arabic Samira (سميرة), the feminine of Samir, "companion in evening conversation." Because z and s are sometimes exchanged when names pass between languages, the two look connected, but whether Zamira actually developed out of Samira, or merely resembles it, is not settled.
Zamira Name History & Origins
The name is used chiefly among Muslim communities in Central Asia and the Balkans. In Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and among the Volga Tatars, Zamira belongs to the large stock of Arabic and Persian names that entered the region with Islam and with Persian literary culture; the masculine form Zamir is found in the same areas. The name reached the Balkans - Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia - through Ottoman rule, and in Albanian usage both Zamir and Zamira are attested, the feminine form following the region's usual pattern of adding a final -a to a masculine name.
The documented form behind the name is the Arabic noun ḍamīr, which in Arabic grammar also names the pronoun and in everyday speech means the conscience or the private self. Persian, which pronounces the Arabic letter ḍād as z, passed the word along as zamīr. The feminine Zamira appears to be a later formation built on that borrowed form rather than a classical Arabic word in its own right.
How Popular is the Name Zamira?
Zamira has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,325 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,325 | 169 | 0.0105% |
| 2024 | #1,547 | 138 | 0.0086% |
| 2023 | #1,578 | 134 | 0.0084% |
| 2022 | #1,990 | 99 | 0.0060% |
| 2021 | #2,170 | 87 | 0.0053% |
| 2020 | #2,168 | 84 | 0.0052% |
| 2019 | #2,106 | 90 | 0.0054% |
| 2018 | #1,966 | 101 | 0.0059% |
| 2017 | #2,234 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 2016 | #4,156 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #2,888 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2014 | #3,484 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2013 | #3,774 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #4,483 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2011 | #3,998 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #3,957 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2009 | #3,408 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #4,266 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #4,672 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #3,990 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2005 | #3,458 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #4,282 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2003 | #4,215 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #5,667 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #5,815 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #5,700 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #7,708 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #8,578 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #6,841 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #10,561 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #11,772 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,561 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #13,431 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #13,310 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #9,241 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #11,315 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #11,965 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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