How rare is the name Maira?

9,988 people in the United States have the first name Maira, about 1 in 30,239. It ranks #2,470 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAIRA

#2,470

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,988
About
1 in 30,239
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,988 people named Maira, 84.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.7% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maira peaked in 1992, when 290 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19442025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
290
In 2025*
62 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,358 babies have been given the name since 1944. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,617. The largest share of babies named Maira, 50.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#12,5745
1950s#7,31764
1960s#4,813168
1970s#3,484384
1980s#1,6171,649
1990s#1,6272,147
2000s#3,532921
2010s#4,711649
2020s#4,838371
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–642%
Generation X 1965–8010%
Millennials 1981–9650.7%
Generation Z 1997–1224.7%
2013 and later12.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maira has been most common in California (5.3×), Texas (2.6×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.33×).

4,595 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Maira

#2,467 Winter · 10,006#2,469 Giuliana · 9,993#2,471 Sandi · 9,983#2,472 Eloy · 9,980

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maira, most common first.

#764 Mayra · 65,662#1,402 Mara · 24,761#1,434 Maura · 23,594#11,830 Maire · 1,069#19,389 Mahira · 546#20,915 Marra · 490#23,816 Mairi · 409#44,846 Mair · 153

Also a last name

As a last name, Maira ranks #83,650 of 156,621, with 242 people. See Maira as a last name

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