girls:
6.2k births since 1944
#2104 (63rd percentile)
boys:
17 births since 1986
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
6.2k births since 1944
#3441 (56th percentile)
The name Maira is the #3,441 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,233 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 55.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,104 (63.2% percentile) for all time with 6,216 births since 1944. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1986.
Maira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Maira is available in 72 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023 (72 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maira has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Maira reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 32.4% percentile (ranked #581) with 145 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 145 births per million (ranked 32.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maira ranks #888 for girls (6.2% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 25.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Maira reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #712) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maira".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Maira is pronounced as MAI-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ruh, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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