Mira Girl
How popular is Mira?
#335 girl name in 2025
916 baby girls were named Mira in the US in 2025, making it the 335th most popular girl name.
Mira popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #335 for girls (▲ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 916 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+77% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #584 in 2015, #483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (916 girls) |
| Highest rank | #335 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mira family of names ranked #234 for girls in 2025, with 1,444 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mira | 916 | 63% |
| Myra | 429 | 30% |
| Myrah | 32 | 2% |
| Mirai | 20 | 1% |
| Mirah | 14 | 1% |
| Mirra | 12 | 1% |
| Miray | 16 | 1% |
| Mihra | 5 | 0% |
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 Mira is most popular
Babies named Mira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Michigan: 1.4 per 1,000 (252 girls)
- Oregon: 1.4 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Washington: 1.3 per 1,000 (192 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.0 per 1,000 (118 girls)
Mira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #1,146 |
| 1890s | 39 | #943 |
| 1900s | 19 | #1,007 |
| 1910s | 92 | #1,962 |
| 1920s | 100 | #2,377 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,779 |
| 1940s | 169 | #1,766 |
| 1950s | 341 | #1,555 |
| 1960s | 338 | #1,755 |
| 1970s | 386 | #1,857 |
| 1980s | 439 | #2,080 |
| 1990s | 902 | #1,068 |
| 2000s | 2,595 | #808 |
| 2010s | 5,123 | #455 |
| 2020s | 4,433 | #335 |
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Questions
- Is Mira a boy or girl name?
- Mira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mira were girls.
- How popular is the name Mira?
- 916 baby girls were named Mira in the US in 2025, making it the 335th most popular girl name.
- When was Mira most popular?
- Mira peaked in 2025, when 916 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #335 in 2025.
- How many people are named Mira?
- 15,101 babies have been named Mira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 14,493 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Mira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mira was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.0 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.