Mairah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Mairah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
What does Mairah mean?
Spelling of Maira; several possible sources
Used both as a form of Maria or Moira and as a separate name in Pakistani families.
Meaning borrowed from Maira.
Is Mairah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mairah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mairah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Mairah, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mairah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Mairah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Mairah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Mairah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Hiba, Hafsa, Zairah, Ruqayyah, Izzah, Musfirah, Rahma, Aaliyah
Other spellings of Mairah
Names related to Mairah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mairah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mairah, updated 20 October 2026.