# Mira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mira/  
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 | 15,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 15,096 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,383, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.

## 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 | 347 | 783 |
| 2012 | 426 | 666 |
| 2013 | 435 | 656 |
| 2014 | 479 | 608 |
| 2015 | 518 | 585 |
| 2016 | 578 | 540 |
| 2017 | 662 | 472 |
| 2018 | 677 | 466 |
| 2019 | 685 | 455 |
| 2020 | 634 | 485 |
| 2021 | 652 | 481 |
| 2022 | 659 | 481 |
| 2023 | 746 | 410 |
| 2024 | 826 | 380 |
| 2025 | 916 | 335 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 8,113 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 42 | 882 |
| 2014 | 74 | 570 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 67 | 630 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 91 | 472 |
| 2019 | 97 | 432 |
| 2020 | 83 | 486 |
| 2021 | 85 | 496 |
| 2022 | 98 | 433 |
| 2023 | 109 | 381 |
| 2024 | 128 | 337 |
| 2025 | 135 | 323 |

## People named Mira

- Mira Sorvino, American actress
- Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer (1955–2021)
- Mira Awad, Arab-Israeli singer and actress of paternal Palestinian descent
- Mira Potkonen, Finnish boxer
- Mira Lobe, Austrian-Israeli children's writer and young adult author (1913–1995)
- Mira Aroyo, Bulgarian musician; member of English electronic band Ladytron
- Mira Zore-Armanda, Croatian oceanographer
- Mira Schendel, Brazilian painter (1919-1988)
- Mira Kuisma, Finnish ice hockey player
- Mira Jalosuo, Finnish ice hockey player
- Mira Luoti, Finnish singer and actress
- Mira Ricardel, American businesswoman and politician

## 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.