Mitra
Girl · MEE-trah · Persian
Mitra is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “covenant, friend”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Mitra mean?
Persian: from Mithra, the ancient Iranian deity
“covenant, friend”
Mithra was the ancient Iranian deity of oaths and light; in Sanskrit, mitra means 'friend'.
- Say it
- MEE-trah
Is Mitra a girl's or a boy's name?
Mitra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mitra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 3 girls.
Mitra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Mitra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Mitra, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1988, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Mitra in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mitra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Mitra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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