Girls' name · since 1944
Maira
Maira has 6,341 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,755 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,341
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maira is the #2755 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,341 recorded since 1944.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maira has been recorded 6,341 times among girls since 1944, currently ranked #2755 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #2,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,755 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,341 born since 1944
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maira ranks #2,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,755 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,341 born since 1944, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,755 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,341
- born since 1944
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maira's 6,341 recorded births place it above 96.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maira compares
6,341 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maira's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,341 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 290 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maira's full recorded timeline at 1989, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 290 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maira popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 290
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Maira popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 1986 (Maira as boys' name)
Maira by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,141 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Maira's strongest decade.
2,141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Maira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 64
1950s
64 births
- 1960s 168
1960s
168 births
- 1970s 384
1970s
384 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,638 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,141 births
- 2000s
2000s
921 births
- 2010s 649
2010s
649 births
- 2020s 371
2020s
371 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,141 births (34% of all-time use).
How Maira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maira's total volume
Maira by state
Where Maira concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,444 | 38.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 905 | 14.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 442 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 297 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 116 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Washington | | 73 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 69 | 1.1% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 42 | 0.7% |
2,444 of 6,341 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Maira appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maira's data
- Maira's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,141 total births); usage has since declined to 371 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mairas (2,444 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Maira
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~81 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maira draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.