Mirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEER-a
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Mirah is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Mirah mean?
Slavic: spelling of Mira; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Mira. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Mirah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls.
In 2025, 162 girls in the UK were given Mirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Mirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Mirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Mirah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
2025 had fewer girls named Mirah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Mirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,101 girls in the US were given Mirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #302, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Mirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
Names like Mirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Aaliyah Nusaybah Hafsa Hiba Sumayyah Farah Ruqayyah Rahma Zairah
Other spellings of Mirah
Names related to Mirah
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
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, “Mirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirah, updated 20 October 2026.