Vira — #7949 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Vira

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,248 babies named Vira between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vira currently holds the #7949 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vira performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Vira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vira in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vira 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 1,248 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.