Mireya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-RAY-a
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,144 for girls
Mireya is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 1,144th for girls in the US (202 babies).
What does Mireya mean?
French: Spanish form of Mireille, from Provencal
Spanish form of Mireille, which Frederic Mistral created for his 1859 Provencal poem Mireio.
Is Mireya a girl's or a boy's name?
Mireya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 202 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mireya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Mireya, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th.
2025 had the most girls named Mireya of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Mireya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 41 girls in the UK were given Mireya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #835, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
- Mireya 25
- Miraya 16
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Mireya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Mireya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,144among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 202about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 202 girls in the US were named Mireya, making it the 1,144th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,214th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 567 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Mireya in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 270 girls in the US were given Mireya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #884, up from #1,144 for this spelling alone.
Mireya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #1,144 |
| 2024 | 233 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 196 | #1,212 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,387 |
| 2021 | 171 | #1,317 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,214 |
| 2019 | 198 | #1,186 |
| 2018 | 218 | #1,122 |
| 2017 | 211 | #1,165 |
| 2016 | 186 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 157 | #1,446 |
| 2013 | 178 | #1,319 |
| 2012 | 155 | #1,465 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 197 | #1,223 |
| 2009 | 265 | #998 |
| 2008 | 281 | #957 |
| 2007 | 250 | #1,048 |
| 2006 | 263 | #988 |
| 2005 | 273 | #912 |
| 2004 | 255 | #942 |
| 2003 | 275 | #878 |
| 2002 | 267 | #862 |
| 2001 | 262 | #874 |
| 2000 | 245 | #894 |
| 1999 | 331 | #684 |
| 1998 | 438 | #561 |
| 1997 | 567 | #447 |
| 1996 | 283 | #745 |
| 1995 | 150 | #1,153 |
| 1994 | 166 | #1,081 |
| 1993 | 162 | #1,108 |
| 1992 | 176 | #1,044 |
| 1991 | 133 | #1,259 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,508 |
| 1989 | 108 | #1,388 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,820 |
| 1987 | 95 | #1,403 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 69 | #1,604 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,496 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 107 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 103 | #1,245 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,412 |
| 1977 | 90 | #1,295 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,342 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,473 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,239 |
| 1972 | 75 | #1,337 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
Names like Mireya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Mireya
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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, “Mireya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mireya, updated 20 October 2026.