Meira Girl
How popular is Meira?
#2,036 girl name in 2025
93 baby girls were named Meira in the US in 2025, making it the 2036th most popular girl name.
Meira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,036 for girls (▲ 625 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 93 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,129 in 2015, #2,216 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (93 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,036 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Meira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Meira family of names ranked #1,566 for girls in 2025 (#2,054 the year before), with 98 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Meira | 93 | 95% |
| Meaira | 5 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Meira is most popular
Babies named Meira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Meira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40 | #6,188 |
| 1980s | 98 | #5,069 |
| 1990s | 130 | #4,309 |
| 2000s | 384 | #3,251 |
| 2010s | 572 | #2,510 |
| 2020s | 433 | #2,036 |
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Questions
- Is Meira a boy or girl name?
- Meira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Meira were girls.
- How popular is the name Meira?
- 93 baby girls were named Meira in the US in 2025, making it the 2036th most popular girl name.
- When was Meira most popular?
- Meira peaked in 2025, when 93 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,036 in 2025.
- How many people are named Meira?
- 1,657 babies have been named Meira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,643 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Meira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Meira was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.