Era is an Albanian girls' name that means "wind", from the word erë, and is a modern favorite in Albania and Kosovo; English speakers also hear the word era, an age or epoch. In the United States it is chosen by Albanian-American families and by parents who like very short names. Era was ranked around number 11,000 in 2000, has risen steadily through the 2010s and reaches number 2,704 in 2025, its best rank so far, with 64 births.