Meera
Girl · MEE-ra · Hindi
Meera is a girls' name of Hindi origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 1,016th for girls in the US (246 babies).
What does Meera mean?
Hindi
Borne by Mirabai, or Meera, a 16th-century Rajput princess and poet-saint devoted to Krishna.
- Say it
- MEE-ra
Is Meera a girl's or a boy's name?
Meera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 246 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meera in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Meera, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 50 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Meera in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 33 | #1,084 |
| 2023 | 40 | #949 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 34 | #1,064 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 26 | #997 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 50 | #588 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Meera in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,016among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 246about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 246 girls in the US were named Meera, making it the 1,016th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,294th. It first appears in the records in 1965.
2025 had the most girls named Meera of any year since it first appeared, in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Meera in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,016 |
| 2024 | 222 | #1,103 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,255 |
| 2022 | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 171 | #1,294 |
| 2019 | 210 | #1,145 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,223 |
| 2017 | 182 | #1,291 |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,232 |
| 2015 | 186 | #1,293 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,345 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,435 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 89 | #2,218 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 63 | #2,171 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
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