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Mira

Girls' name · Current

Living in the US
~14,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#335 among girls
Births in 2025
916 15,101 since 1880
Typical age
10 years, median

Mira popularity over time

Mira rank by birth year, 1887–2025Mira ranked #1,147 in 1887 and #335 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #335, in 2025.#1,000#33518901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1887–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Mira in 2025 than in any other year — 916 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1887. Mira has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 25 years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #335, with 916 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are up 77%. Year on year the rank improved by 44.

Babies named Mira per yearPeaks at 916 births in 2025.916 in 2025018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Mira?

About 14,500 people named Mira are alive in the United States today. That is out of 15,101 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Mira?

Half of living Miras are older than 10, half younger. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Mira a current name.

Your Mira

Ages of living people named MiraHalf of living Miras are older than 10 and half younger.median 10020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Mira is most common

Mira is 5.2× as common in District of Columbia as it is nationally. Oregon, Washington and Michigan follow.

Where Mira is used more than average5 states use the name Mira more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.6× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.2× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 2.5× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 2.6× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 5.2× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Mira is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 67 5.2×
Oregon 160 2.6×
Washington 337 2.6×
Michigan 418 2.5×
Minnesota 212 2.2×

Mira in England and Wales

ONS recorded 135 births named Mira in 2025, ranking it #323. That is 63% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Mira comes from

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Mira

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Mira Sorvino American actress 1967 66
Mira Furlan Croatian actress and singer 1955–2021 50
Mira Nair Indian-American filmmaker 1957 49
Mira Awad Arab-Israeli singer and actress of paternal Palestinian descent 1975 35
Mira Rai Nepalese trail runner and sky runner 1988 22
Mira Potkonen Finnish boxer 1980 22
Mira Banjac Serbian actress 1929 21
Mira Lobe Austrian writer 1913–1995 20
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Mira

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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