Meaning not yet researched.
Mira: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 916 in 2025. Its best rank was #335 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Mira in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#335 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Mira: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 916 girls in 2025. Peak: #335 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 916 (2025).
In 2025, 916 US girls were named Mira, making it the 335th most common girls’ name of the year, up 45 places from #380 in 2024. That is 90 more than the 826 girls named Mira in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #335, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 916. For comparison, it was #585 in 2015 and #2,317 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mira in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1887 with 5 babies. In all, 15,101 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,123 babies named Mira.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,035 US girls were named Mira; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 916. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,755 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mira ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #87 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Myra (63,967 babies since 1880), Amira (25,614 babies since 1880), Elmira (4,360 babies since 1880) and Mirna (4,159 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mihira, Mirrah and Mierra are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic, Dutch, Polish and Slovene. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mihira (511), Mirrah (44), Mierra (11), Miarae (7), Meaira (5), Miarah (5), Meirah (5), Miraha (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mira in the open dataset we use.
Mira is listed as a nickname for Elmira, Miranda.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 9 | #87 | — |
| Washington | 48 | #146 | #302 |
| Michigan | 53 | #162 | #357 |
| Oregon | 22 | #164 | #286 |
| Massachusetts | 31 | #180 | #471 |
| Minnesota | 26 | #216 | #401 |
| New Jersey | 37 | #226 | #468 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #237 | — |
| Virginia | 34 | #243 | #452 |
| California | 135 | #245 | #649 |
| Illinois | 42 | #254 | #398 |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #285 | #572 |
| New York | 59 | #288 | #494 |
| Missouri | 19 | #323 | #389 |
| Maryland | 16 | #348 | #444 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #358 | #508 |
| Ohio | 30 | #385 | #441 |
| North Carolina | 27 | #420 | #431 |
| Colorado | 14 | #420 | #849 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #442 | — |
| Tennessee | 18 | #447 | #818 |
| Florida | 42 | #453 | #930 |
| Indiana | 15 | #468 | #837 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #551 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #554 | — |
| Louisiana | 8 | #577 | — |
| Nevada | 5 | #577 | — |
| Texas | 54 | #590 | #983 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #607 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #636 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #658 | #509 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #663 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #682 | #817 |
| Alabama | 6 | #794 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #805 | — |
| Georgia | 12 | #842 | #1,032 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 916 | #335 | — | — |
| 2024 | 826 | #380 | — | — |
| 2023 | 746 | #410 | — | — |
| 2022 | 659 | #481 | — | — |
| 2021 | 652 | #481 | — | — |
| 2020 | 634 | #485 | — | — |
| 2019 | 685 | #455 | — | — |
| 2018 | 677 | #466 | — | — |
| 2017 | 662 | #472 | — | — |
| 2016 | 578 | #540 | — | — |
| 2015 | 518 | #585 | — | — |
| 2014 | 479 | #608 | — | — |
| 2013 | 435 | #656 | — | — |
| 2012 | 426 | #666 | — | — |
| 2011 | 347 | #783 | — | — |
| 2010 | 316 | #850 | — | — |
| 2009 | 350 | #808 | — | — |
| 2008 | 308 | #902 | — | — |
| 2007 | 274 | #983 | — | — |
| 2006 | 286 | #924 | — | — |
| 2005 | 276 | #908 | — | — |
| 2004 | 268 | #906 | — | — |
| 2003 | 237 | #980 | — | — |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 2001 | 224 | #969 | — | — |
| 2000 | 174 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 1998 | 182 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1997 | 142 | #1,258 | — | — |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,536 | — | — |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,360 | — | — |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,310 | — | — |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,665 | — | — |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,504 | — | — |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,504 | — | — |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,479 | — | — |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,328 | — | — |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,429 | 5 | #8,113 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,384 | — | — |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,496 | — | — |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,984 | — | — |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,106 | — | — |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,298 | — | — |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,175 | — | — |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,291 | — | — |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,173 | — | — |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,774 | — | — |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,413 | — | — |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,082 | — | — |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,045 | — | — |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,657 | — | — |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,949 | — | — |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,964 | — | — |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,492 | — | — |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,869 | — | — |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,189 | — | — |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,775 | — | — |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,407 | — | — |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,031 | — | — |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,008 | — | — |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,100 | — | — |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,911 | — | — |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,046 | — | — |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,103 | — | — |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,808 | — | — |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,847 | — | — |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,712 | — | — |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,894 | — | — |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,148 | — | — |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,920 | — | — |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,567 | — | — |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,666 | — | — |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,572 | — | — |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,794 | — | — |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,317 | — | — |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,794 | — | — |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,231 | — | — |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,075 | — | — |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,454 | — | — |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,416 | — | — |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,358 | — | — |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,413 | — | — |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,281 | — | — |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,157 | — | — |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,837 | — | — |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,873 | — | — |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,872 | — | — |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,720 | — | — |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,304 | — | — |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,824 | — | — |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,682 | — | — |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,315 | — | — |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,981 | — | — |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,707 | — | — |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,650 | — | — |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,865 | — | — |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,094 | — | — |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,482 | — | — |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,168 | — | — |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,458 | — | — |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,921 | — | — |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,288 | — | — |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,302 | — | — |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,326 | — | — |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,789 | — | — |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,223 | — | — |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,005 | — | — |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,010 | — | — |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,966 | — | — |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,336 | — | — |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,488 | — | — |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,721 | — | — |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,865 | — | — |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,739 | — | — |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,669 | — | — |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,982 | — | — |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,763 | — | — |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,315 | — | — |
| 1891 | 9 | #987 | — | — |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,419 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,250 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).