# Vira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vira/  
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 | “vera” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,274 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,274 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Ві́ра (Víra), a calque of the female given name Ве́ра (Véra, “Vera”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 | 4,535 |
| 1962 | 9 | 4,849 |
| 1963 | 8 | 5,284 |
| 1967 | 10 | 4,612 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,733 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,787 |
| 2017 | 17 | 7,080 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,714 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12,381 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10,206 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,241 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,964 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,462 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,411 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,089 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Vira

- Vira Silenti, actress
- Vera Filatova, actress

## 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.