Mairi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Mairi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Mairi mean?
Hebrew: Scottish Gaelic form of Mary
Scottish Gaelic form of Mary, familiar from the folk song Mairi's Wedding.
Is Mairi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mairi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mairi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Mairi, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 59 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mairi in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Mairi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,229 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 44 | #649 |
| 2000 | 34 | #755 |
| 1999 | 49 | #606 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 54 | #551 |
| 1996 | 59 | #507 |
How popular is Mairi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Mairi, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Mairi in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mairi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
Names like Mairi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mali, Miri, Safa, Mhairi, Zainab, Raya, Summer, Suki, Ayah, Hawa, Maya, Hafsa
Names related to Mairi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Mairi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mairi, updated 20 October 2026.