Mayra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-ra
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Mayra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
Is Mayra a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mayra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Mayra, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 32 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mayra than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Mayra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 219 girls in the UK were given Mayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #242, up from #1,690 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Mayra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Mayra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,153among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Mayra, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,571st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 1,512 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had fewer girls named Mayra than any year since 1965.
Half of all the girls named Mayra in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 609 girls in the US were given Mayra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #505, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
Mayra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 133 | #1,579 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,573 |
| 2021 | 129 | #1,622 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,571 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 145 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2016 | 182 | #1,313 |
| 2015 | 189 | #1,284 |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,403 |
| 2013 | 189 | #1,260 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 247 | #1,012 |
| 2010 | 307 | #869 |
| 2009 | 327 | #851 |
| 2008 | 382 | #768 |
| 2007 | 414 | #706 |
| 2006 | 437 | #661 |
| 2005 | 443 | #632 |
| 2004 | 465 | #602 |
| 2003 | 541 | #521 |
| 2002 | 551 | #501 |
| 2001 | 571 | #489 |
| 2000 | 572 | #478 |
| 1999 | 664 | #418 |
| 1998 | 797 | #361 |
| 1997 | 788 | #352 |
| 1996 | 893 | #316 |
| 1995 | 1,021 | #269 |
| 1994 | 1,246 | #229 |
| 1993 | 1,337 | #214 |
| 1992 | 1,437 | #200 |
| 1991 | 1,460 | #205 |
| 1990 | 1,503 | #195 |
| 1989 | 1,455 | #191 |
| 1988 | 1,434 | #192 |
| 1987 | 1,512 | #182 |
| 1986 | 1,501 | #179 |
| 1985 | 1,166 | #225 |
| 1984 | 1,128 | #227 |
| 1983 | 858 | #274 |
| 1982 | 549 | #414 |
| 1981 | 606 | #379 |
| 1980 | 876 | #281 |
| 1979 | 595 | #377 |
| 1978 | 403 | #483 |
| 1977 | 211 | #727 |
| 1976 | 217 | #682 |
| 1975 | 260 | #610 |
| 1974 | 197 | #728 |
| 1973 | 164 | #798 |
| 1972 | 154 | #841 |
| 1971 | 163 | #842 |
| 1970 | 173 | #802 |
| 1969 | 145 | #868 |
| 1968 | 126 | #920 |
| 1967 | 115 | #948 |
| 1966 | 98 | #1,057 |
| 1965 | 80 | #1,200 |
| 1964 | 84 | #1,204 |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,211 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,539 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,453 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,579 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,753 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
Names like Mayra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Summer Hiba Zainab Hafsa Khadija Maya Huda Maha Amira Rahma Zaira
Other spellings of Mayra
Names related to Mayra
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, “Mayra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayra, updated 20 October 2026.