Mira — #380 US girls' name
14,166 babies named Mira in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Mira was born in this single decade.
820 babies were named Mira in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mira
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,166 babies named Mira between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mira currently holds the #380 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 820 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,875 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mira in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mira in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 14,166 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mira at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Mira popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1887
- Peak year (2024)
- 820
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
Currently ranks #380 among girls.
14,166 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 820 births in a single year.
Mira popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Mira as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mira accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 5,122 births that decade — 36% of Mira's all-time total
Mira decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,122 births
- Runner-up 3,504 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mira's strongest decade
5,122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Mira by state
Where Mira concentrates geographically — total births since 1887
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,875 | 13.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 922 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 667 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 654 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 653 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 561 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 525 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Washington | | 501 | 3.5% |
1,875 of 14,166 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.6% of nationwide
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 41 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mira appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1887–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.