Mirel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEER-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Mirel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Mirel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Miriam
Yiddish pet form of Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron.
Is Mirel a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Mirel, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mirel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Mirel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Mirel, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. It first appears in the records in 1976.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mirel of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Mirel in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mirel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Mirel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Ava, Mila, Maryam, Maisie, Raya, Myla, Maya, Harper, Esme, Eliana, Eden
Names related to Mirel
Miraal, Miral, Mirella, Mirela, Muriel, Mariel, Meriel, Mirely, Mirelle
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Mirel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirel, updated 20 October 2026.