NameTides

Mira

Mira was the #335 girls' name in the US in 2025 (916 babies), and #323 in England & Wales and #103 in Canada.

Mira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Mira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#335 (916)#323 (135)#324 (10)—#226 (19)#103 (247)
2024#379 (826)#337 (128)#275 (13)—#441 (8)#120 (219)
2023#409 (746)#381 (109)#482 (6)#302 (5)#339 (11)#128 (200)
2022#480 (659)#433 (98)#324 (10)—#389 (10)#153 (176)
2021#480 (652)#496 (85)#396 (8)#350 (4)#363 (11)#220 (139)
2020#483 (634)#486 (83)#636 (4)——#211 (138)
2019#455 (685)#432 (97)#650 (4)—#716 (4)#218 (136)
2018#466 (677)#472 (91)#809 (3)#434 (3)#512 (7)#227 (134)
2017#470 (662)#514 (83)#808 (3)—#579 (6)#205 (148)
2016#538 (578)#630 (67)——#661 (5)#242 (131)
2015#584 (518)#708 (56)——#532 (7)#256 (128)
2014#608 (479)#570 (74)———#289 (114)
2013#655 (435)#882 (42)#663 (4)——#433 (74)
2012#663 (426)#1,184 (28)#815 (3)——#475 (64)
2011#783 (347)#1,327 (23)———#487 (65)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #335.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 610common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #144WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #212MNIllinois: #249ILMichigan: #162MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #179MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #492IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #221NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #244CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #406CONebraska: #223NEMissouri: #311MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #236VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #443FL
Mira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#87114
Quebec2025#34615

Mira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MiraCanadaGirls#103247
MiraEngland & WalesGirls#323135
MiraIrelandGirls#22619
MiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MiraScotlandGirls#32410
MiraUSGirls#335916
MiraUSBoys—too few