first name
MIRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,191 people named Mira, 57.9% reported their origin as White, 20.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mira peaked in 2025, when 916 babies got the name.
At least 15,101 babies have been given the name since 1887. 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.
Mira by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #866. The largest share of babies named Mira, 56.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Mira is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mira has been most common in Washington (2.9×), Oregon (2.7×), and Minnesota (1.7×), and least common in South Carolina (0.2×).
11,761 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 Mira
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mira, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mira ranks #13,619 of 156,621, with 2,130 people. See Mira as a last name
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