Girls' name · since 1920
Mirah
562 babies named Mirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 562
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mirah currently ranks #7544 among girls' names in America, with 562 babies recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Mirah recorded 562 times among girls since 1920, holding rank #7544 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #11,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,544 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 562 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mirah ranks #11,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,544 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 562 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 562
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mirah's 562 recorded births place it above 84.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mirah compares
562 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Mirah's all-time total is 49% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 562 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mirah splits its recorded history at 2006: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Mirah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (203 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Mirah's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Mirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
103 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
203 births
- 2020s
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 203 births (36% of all-time use).
How Mirah 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 Mirah's total volume
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What to do with Mirah's data
- Mirah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (203 total births) through the 2020s (113) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Mirah 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.