Mira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEER-a
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #332 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #335 for girls
Mira is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 332nd for girls in the UK (145 babies) and 335th for girls in the US (916 babies).
What does Mira mean?
Slavic: found in several cultures
Found in several cultures: a Slavic name from mir, peace, a form of Meera, and the star Mira, Latin for wonderful.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mira a girl's or a boy's name?
Mira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 145 girls in the UK and 916 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 332nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 145 about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 145 girls in the UK were named Mira, making it the 332nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mira of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were given Mira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #332 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 323rd in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Mira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #332 |
| 2024 | 141 | #341 |
| 2023 | 120 | #387 |
| 2022 | 108 | #433 |
| 2021 | 97 | #483 |
| 2020 | 87 | #509 |
| 2019 | 101 | #466 |
| 2018 | 97 | #498 |
| 2017 | 86 | #546 |
| 2016 | 68 | #672 |
| 2015 | 58 | #742 |
| 2014 | 75 | #607 |
| 2013 | 46 | #882 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Mira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 335th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 916 about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 916 girls in the US were named Mira, making it the 335th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 483rd. It first appears in the records in 1887.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mira of any year since it first appeared, in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Mira in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,101 girls in the US were given Mira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #302, up from #335 for this spelling alone.
Mira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 916 | #335 |
| 2024 | 826 | #379 |
| 2023 | 746 | #409 |
| 2022 | 659 | #480 |
| 2021 | 652 | #480 |
| 2020 | 634 | #483 |
| 2019 | 685 | #455 |
| 2018 | 677 | #466 |
| 2017 | 662 | #470 |
| 2016 | 578 | #538 |
| 2015 | 518 | #584 |
| 2014 | 479 | #608 |
| 2013 | 435 | #655 |
| 2012 | 426 | #663 |
| 2011 | 347 | #783 |
| 2010 | 316 | #848 |
| 2009 | 350 | #808 |
| 2008 | 308 | #901 |
| 2007 | 274 | #979 |
| 2006 | 286 | #924 |
| 2005 | 276 | #907 |
| 2004 | 268 | #903 |
| 2003 | 237 | #977 |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,072 |
| 2001 | 224 | #966 |
| 2000 | 174 | #1,156 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,172 |
| 1998 | 182 | #1,068 |
| 1997 | 142 | #1,247 |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,414 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,265 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,857 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,891 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,834 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,601 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,771 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,044 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,007 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Names like Mira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mila, Myla, Zara, Lyla, Lyra, Ava, Fatima, Athena, Isla, Bella, Thea, Nyla
Other spellings of Mira
Names related to Mira
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah, Raisa
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, “Mira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mira, updated 20 October 2026.