Mira

What Mira means

Short form of Miranda, meaning “admirable”

short form of Miranda || Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mira” (revision 93942979) and “Miranda” (revision 93848030), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mira?

US: Rising: up from #584 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #708 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 916 girls got the name (#335 that year). First in the US records in 1887.

How common

• About 1 in 1,755 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,876 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (4.46 per 1,000 girls), OR (1.69 per 1,000 girls), WA (1.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mira is #335 in the US and #323 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mira were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mary2,230 US · 131 E&W
• Mara499 US · 74 E&W
• Myra429 US · 86 E&W
• Meera246 US · 34 E&W
• Mari129 US · 32 E&W
• Maira62 US · 76 E&W
• Maura127 US
• Mayra86 US · 18 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mira

Girls

• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Matteo#146Italian, from Latin Matthaeus, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mira’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.