# Mayra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mayra/  
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 | 33,561 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 344 / 33,217 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 255, 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 | 247 | 1,015 |
| 2012 | 207 | 1,192 |
| 2013 | 189 | 1,263 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,408 |
| 2015 | 189 | 1,284 |
| 2016 | 182 | 1,318 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,421 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,509 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,557 |
| 2020 | 134 | 1,576 |
| 2021 | 129 | 1,627 |
| 2022 | 135 | 1,582 |
| 2023 | 119 | 1,734 |
| 2024 | 133 | 1,583 |
| 2025 | 86 | 2,168 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 12 | 3,616 |
| 1983 | 20 | 2,470 |
| 1984 | 21 | 2,409 |
| 1985 | 18 | 2,788 |
| 1986 | 41 | 1,610 |
| 1987 | 36 | 1,822 |
| 1988 | 20 | 2,820 |
| 1989 | 32 | 2,187 |
| 1990 | 28 | 2,469 |
| 1991 | 22 | 2,961 |
| 1992 | 17 | 3,693 |
| 1993 | 15 | 4,158 |
| 1994 | 17 | 3,850 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,774 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6,329 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Mayra

- Mayra Aguiar, Brazilian judoka
- Mayra Andrade, Cape Verdean singer
- Mayra Ramírez, Colombian football player
- Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-born Spanish actress and television host
- Mayra Dias, Brazilian journalist, model and politician
- Mayra Verónica, Cuban-American singer, model, and actress
- Maria Gadú, Brazilian recording artist, musician, songwriter

## 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.