Maira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #545 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Maira is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 545th for girls in the UK (79 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Maira mean?
Several possible sources
Used both as a form of Maria or Moira and as a separate name in Pakistani families.
Is Maira a girl's or a boy's name?
Maira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 3,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 79 girls in the UK were named Maira, making it the 545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 639th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 123 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Maira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #545 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 526th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Maira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #545 |
| 2024 | 123 | #388 |
| 2023 | 102 | #447 |
| 2022 | 64 | #647 |
| 2021 | 83 | #539 |
| 2020 | 65 | #639 |
| 2019 | 67 | #638 |
| 2018 | 80 | #574 |
| 2017 | 89 | #526 |
| 2016 | 96 | #497 |
| 2015 | 81 | #574 |
| 2014 | 73 | #618 |
| 2013 | 59 | #739 |
| 2012 | 74 | #627 |
| 2011 | 70 | #631 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 60 | #674 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Maira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Maira, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 290 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Maira in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 609 girls in the US were given Maira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #505, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
Maira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,704 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 74 | #2,419 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,679 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 79 | #2,277 |
| 2004 | 95 | #1,961 |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,240 |
| 2002 | 121 | #1,554 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,522 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,600 |
| 1999 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,263 |
| 1997 | 146 | #1,223 |
| 1996 | 186 | #1,008 |
| 1995 | 205 | #916 |
| 1994 | 244 | #826 |
| 1993 | 269 | #763 |
| 1992 | 290 | #730 |
| 1991 | 271 | #759 |
| 1990 | 250 | #801 |
| 1989 | 230 | #823 |
| 1988 | 176 | #952 |
| 1987 | 201 | #852 |
| 1986 | 179 | #905 |
| 1985 | 174 | #907 |
| 1984 | 156 | #940 |
| 1983 | 150 | #973 |
| 1982 | 116 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 111 | #1,189 |
| 1980 | 145 | #1,005 |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 36 | #2,423 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Names like Maira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Hiba, Zainab, Hafsa, Khadija, Huda, Maha, Rahma, Maya, Amira, Zaira
Other spellings of Maira
Names related to Maira
Maria, Mirha, Mara, Mira, Marwa, Mahira, Mari, Mariya, Mariah, Mariyah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maira, updated 20 October 2026.