Mirai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-RYE
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Mirai is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “future”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Mirai mean?
Japanese: Japanese word, usually written 未来
“future”
Mirai is the everyday Japanese word for 'future' and is given to both girls and boys.
Is Mirai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirai is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Mirai, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Mirai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Mirai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Mirai, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Mirai in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mirai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Mirai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minha Safa Mirha Ayra Hafsa Ayah Zainab Raya Nusaybah Ayzal Rehmat Irha
Names related to Mirai
Mira Maira Miri Mireya Miraya Mairi Miray Moira Meira Mihira
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
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, “Mirai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirai, updated 20 October 2026.