Mayra Girl
How popular is Mayra?
#2,153 girl name in 2025
86 baby girls were named Mayra in the US in 2025, making it the 2153rd most popular girl name.
Mayra popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,153 for girls (▼ 574 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 86 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,284 in 2015, #1,571 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (1,512 girls) |
| Highest rank | #179 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1948 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mayra counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mayra family of names ranked #1,215 for girls in 2025 (#1,046 the year before), with 148 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mayra | 86 | 58% |
| Maira | 62 | 42% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mayra is most popular
Babies named Mayra per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (121 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
Mayra by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 | #4,203 |
| 1950s | 177 | #1,740 |
| 1960s | 892 | #868 |
| 1970s | 2,537 | #377 |
| 1980s | 11,085 | #179 |
| 1990s | 11,146 | #195 |
| 2000s | 4,703 | #478 |
| 2010s | 1,929 | #869 |
| 2020s | 736 | #1,571 |
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Questions
- Is Mayra a boy or girl name?
- Mayra is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mayra were girls.
- How popular is the name Mayra?
- 86 baby girls were named Mayra in the US in 2025, making it the 2153rd most popular girl name.
- When was Mayra most popular?
- Mayra peaked in 1987, when 1,512 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #179 in 1986.
- How many people are named Mayra?
- 33,561 babies have been named Mayra in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,755 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Mayra most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mayra was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.