girls:
293 births since 2009
#5423 (5th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2017
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
298 births since 2009
#7441 (4th percentile)
The name Mithra is the #7,441 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 298 recorded births since 2009. This represents the 3.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,423 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 293 births since 2009. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2017.
Mithra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2009 (2009 for girls and 2017 for boys).
The name Mithra has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Mithra reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mithra ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 37.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mithra reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #914) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mithra".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mithra", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mitra" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mitra..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mithra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.9% confident that Mithra is pronounced as MIH-thruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-truh, at 2.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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