# Maira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,358 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 6,341 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,460, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,628 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,699 |
| 2013 | 55 | 3,032 |
| 2014 | 56 | 3,035 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,637 |
| 2016 | 53 | 3,126 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,648 |
| 2018 | 74 | 2,427 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,027 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3,126 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,548 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,743 |
| 2023 | 64 | 2,723 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,764 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,765 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,407 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,636 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,871 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 610 |
| 2012 | 73 | 580 |
| 2013 | 57 | 699 |
| 2014 | 69 | 597 |
| 2015 | 77 | 564 |
| 2016 | 93 | 468 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 78 | 536 |
| 2019 | 66 | 601 |
| 2020 | 61 | 624 |
| 2021 | 79 | 517 |
| 2022 | 62 | 613 |
| 2023 | 99 | 414 |
| 2024 | 123 | 358 |
| 2025 | 76 | 526 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.