Mireille
Girl · mee-RAY · French
Mireille is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “to admire”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Mireille mean?
French: Provencal Mireio, perhaps from mirar 'to admire'
“to admire”
Made famous by Frederic Mistral's 1859 Provencal poem Mireio, later adapted as Gounod's opera Mireille.
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Is Mireille a girl's or a boy's name?
Mireille is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mireille in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Mireille, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mireille in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Mireille in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Mireille, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mireille than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Mireille in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mireille in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
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