Mira

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Mira is ranked 380th among girls in 2024 (820 births). Its best rank was 380th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #380up 32 from 2023
Births in 2024: 8200.05% of girls
Peak year: 2024820 births
Best rank: #380in 2024
Since 1887: 14,166people given the name

Babies named Mira, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

14,166 girls have been named Mira in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 820 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Mira
1880s	16
1890s	39
1900s	19
1910s	92
1920s	100
1930s	104
1940s	169
1950s	341
1960s	338
1970s	386
1980s	439
1990s	902
2000s	2,595
2010s	5,122
2020s	3,504

In 2024, its biggest year

Mira was the 380th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Mira

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Myra63,483 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.