Vira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Vira is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Vira mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name diminutive Віра (Vira).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vira a girl's or a boy's name?
Vira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Vira, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had more girls named Vira than any year since 1936.
Half of all the girls named Vira in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1945, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,996 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,770 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,229 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 15 | #965 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 12 | #1,050 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 16 | #941 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 12 | #931 |
| 1896 | 21 | #688 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 12 | #865 |
| 1892 | 14 | #796 |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,337 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Vira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vera Ada Stella Zora Alma Ila Etta Della Ella Willa Lena Flora
Names related to Vira
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah Raisa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Vira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vira, updated 20 October 2026.