Mirna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MUR-na
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Mirna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “beloved”. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Mirna mean?
Irish: variant of Myrna, from Irish Muirne; in Croatian it also means peaceful
“beloved”
In Irish legend Muirne was the mother of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Is Mirna a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Mirna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Mirna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Mirna, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 123 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Mirna in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mirna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 71 | #2,453 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,736 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,955 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,734 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,709 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 103 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 91 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,548 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,599 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,629 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,531 |
| 1981 | 71 | #1,632 |
| 1980 | 99 | #1,286 |
| 1979 | 95 | #1,314 |
| 1978 | 76 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 76 | #1,451 |
| 1976 | 92 | #1,225 |
| 1975 | 112 | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 123 | #992 |
| 1973 | 84 | #1,239 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,749 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,575 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,546 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,607 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,659 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,700 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,689 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,814 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,788 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,851 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Mirna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya Lara Hana Aisha Mia Mara Ayla Marnie Fatima Myla Khadija Athena
Names related to Mirna
Marina Mirren Miruna Mirryn Mirrin Mirin Merina Mirian Mirana Myrna Merna Miriana
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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, “Mirna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirna, updated 20 October 2026.