Mira

#335 for girls in 2025, 916 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 916 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,096
since 1887

Mira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mira has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#335916
2024#379826
2023#409746
2022#480659
2021#480652
2020#483634
2019#455685
2018#466677
2017#470662
2016#538578
2015#584518
2014#608479
2013#655435
2012#663426
2011#783347
2010#848316
2009#808350
2008#901308
2007#979274
2006#924286
2005#907276
2004#903268
2003#978237
2002#1,073198
2001#967224
2000#1,158174
1999#1,174165
1998#1,069182
1997#1,249142
1996#1,532104
1995#2,34556
1994#2,29557
1993#2,63946
1992#2,48851
1991#2,48450
1990#2,46449
1989#2,30451
1988#2,41945#7,2705
1987#2,36044
1986#2,47040
1985#2,93931
1984#2,08148
1983#2,27242
1982#2,15047
1981#2,26544
1980#2,15447
1979#2,72432
1978#2,39037
1977#2,06346
1976#2,02743
1975#2,61229
1974#1,93744
1973#1,93942
1972#2,45129
1971#1,85747
1970#2,16037
1969#1,75548
1968#2,36027
1967#2,01234
1966#1,98234
1965#2,06432
1964#1,89239
1963#2,01534
1962#2,07332
1961#2,75220
1960#1,83538
1959#1,69542
1958#1,87234
1957#2,12127
1956#1,89732
1955#1,55643
1954#1,60240
1953#1,64836
1952#1,56038
1951#1,77230
1950#2,25319
1949#1,76729
1948#2,18820
1947#2,04523
1946#2,39216
1945#2,33914
1944#2,28715
1943#2,35215
1942#2,21416
1941#2,09616
1940#4,3495
1939#2,73610
1938#2,73010
1937#4,2555
1936#3,1038
1935#1,77919
1934#2,56711
1933#3,1098
1932#2,83110
1931#2,58111
1930#2,55212
1929#2,73711
1928#2,95410
1927#3,2849
1926#3,8737
1925#2,37815
1924#2,80912
1923#3,12510
1922#3,15210
1921#3,16410
1920#4,3986
1919#2,15616
1918#1,96319
1917#2,87910
1916#2,83310
1915#3,1348
1914#3,1886
1913#2,5407
1912#2,6346
1911#2,4635
1910#2,3985
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,7925
1902
1901
1900#1,00814
1899#1,5965
1898
1897
1896#1,04710
1895
1894#1,2377
1893
1892
1891#9439
1890#1,0068
1889#1,1476
1888#1,2765
1887#1,1475
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Mira! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mira
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#379#335)
  • 148 spots since 2020 (#483#335)
  • 249 spots since 2015 (#584#335)
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 2001 (#1,158#967)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 2002 (#967#1,073)
Rise & fade · girls
138 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 2025 at #335 (916 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2003–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,755
  • Highest: 1 in 1,755 girls born in 2025 were named Mira (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Mira (5,123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#1,147 (1889)#1,190
1890s39#943 (1891)#1,166
1900s19#1,008 (1900)#1,400
1910s92#1,963 (1918)#2,619
1920s100#2,378 (1925)#3,187
1930s104#1,779 (1935)#2,824
1940s169#1,767 (1949)#2,403
1950s341#1,556 (1955)#1,798
1960s338#1,755 (1969)#2,074
1970s386#1,857 (1971)#2,216
1980s439#2,081 (1984)#2,341
1990s902#1,069 (1998)#1,974
2000s2,595#808 (2009)#960
2010s5,123#455 (2019)#607
2020s4,433#335 (2025)#428

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mira in 1887

girls
#1,147
5 births · 1 in 29,196 girls

Top girls' names in 1887

  1. #1Mary9,888
  2. #2Anna4,227
  3. #3Elizabeth2,681
  4. #4Emma2,647
  5. #5Margaret2,419
  6. #6Minnie2,215
  7. #7Bertha2,037
  8. #8Clara1,984
  9. #9Florence1,964
  10. #10Ida1,929
  11. #1,147Mira5
More about 1887

girls

145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 29,196 of them was named Mira, which outranked 12.2% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mira
  1. #1,036Violette6
  2. #1,036Zena6
  3. #1,036Zillah6
  4. #1,147Mira5
  5. #1,147Abby5
  6. #1,147Adalene5
  7. #1,147Adrienne5

Tied with 159 names at #1,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. 571Ossie#1,108#537
  2. 522Albertine#1,108#586
  3. 475Grayce#1,108#633
  4. 447Berenice#1,108#661
  5. 447Elfrieda#1,108#661
Fallers
  1. 591Faith#556#1,147
  2. 541Jo#606#1,147
  3. 541Leanna#606#1,147
  4. 541Manie#606#1,147
  5. 430Drusilla#606#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887