Mira
Mira was given to 916 girls in 2025, #335 among girls’ names; 15,101 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 14,400 Americans named Mira and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mira by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mira mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mira is “a female given name from India.”
Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai.
As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mira?
#335 among girls’ names, 2025
Mira rose from #585 in 2015 to #335 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.29 to 0.57 per 1,000.
916 babies in 2025, the peak
Mira peaked in 2025, when 916 girls were given it, #335 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 826 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 916 | #335 | 0.57 |
| 2024 | 826 | #380 | 0.51 |
| 2023 | 746 | #410 | 0.46 |
| 2022 | 659 | #481 | 0.40 |
| 2021 | 652 | #481 | 0.40 |
| 2020 | 634 | #485 | 0.39 |
| 2019 | 685 | #455 | 0.41 |
| 2018 | 677 | #466 | 0.40 |
| 2017 | 662 | #472 | 0.38 |
| 2016 | 578 | #540 | 0.33 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 518 | #585 | 0.29 |
| 2014 | 479 | #608 | 0.27 |
| 2013 | 435 | #656 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 426 | #666 | 0.24 |
| 2011 | 347 | #783 | 0.20 |
| 2010 | 316 | #850 | 0.18 |
| 2009 | 350 | #808 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 308 | #902 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 274 | #983 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 286 | #924 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 276 | #908 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 268 | #906 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 237 | #979 | 0.13 |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,075 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 224 | #968 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 174 | #1,157 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,181 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 182 | #1,071 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 142 | #1,256 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 104 | #1,534 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,355 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,305 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,660 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,499 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,498 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,474 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,323 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 45 | #2,424 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,382 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,495 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,983 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,105 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,297 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,175 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 44 | #2,291 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,173 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,774 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,413 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,082 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,045 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,657 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,949 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,964 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,492 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,869 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,189 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,775 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,407 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,008 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,100 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,910 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,045 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,102 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,807 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,711 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,893 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,147 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,566 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,316 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,793 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,453 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,415 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,412 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,156 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,835 | under 0.01 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,871 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,871 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,718 | under 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,302 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,681 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,314 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,979 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,649 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,864 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 10 | #3,092 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,480 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,167 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,457 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,287 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,325 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,787 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,223 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 19 | #2,004 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 10 | #3,008 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,964 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,335 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,487 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,719 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,863 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,739 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,669 | 0.01 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,981 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,043 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 9 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,068 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,419 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,250 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mira a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mira has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 126 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mira: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mira, and how old are they?
14,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 15,101 Americans ever recorded as Mira. The median Mira alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 14,191 people named Mira (14,118 women and girls, 73 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,292 born in the U.S. The Census count is 38% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Mira rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 65 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 465 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 565 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 788 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,130 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,420 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mira born?
The states with the most babies named Mira are California, New York and Texas, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 135 | #245 | 1.1× |
| New York | 59 | #288 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 54 | #590 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 53 | #162 | 1.4× |
| Washington | 48 | #146 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 42 | #254 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 42 | #453 | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #285 | 1.0× |
| New Jersey | 37 | #226 | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 34 | #243 | 0.9× |
Where Mira is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mira is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mira with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 94,389 babies since 1880, Mira is the second most given (16% of them). In 2025 it was given to 916 of their 1,798 babies (51%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mira
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mira and names like it
- Compare Mira and MyraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMira peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mira since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Mira.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mira alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.