Mihira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-HEE-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
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Mihira is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Mihira mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit mihira
“sun”
The same word appears in the name of Varahamihira, a 6th-century Indian astronomer.
Is Mihira a girl's or a boy's name?
Mihira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mihira in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Mihira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
How popular is Mihira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Mihira, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Mihira in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mihira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Mihira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mahira Akshara Maliha Madiha Divisha Radhika Aathira Maya Anisha Vihana Nihara Muntaha
Names related to Mihira
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Mihira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mihira, updated 20 October 2026.