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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mira” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mira” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mira” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mira” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mira” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mira” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1910 5 0.000008464 5 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 100%
1917 10 0.000004983 10 100%
1918 19 0.000008751 19 100%
1919 16 0.000007582 16 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1932 10 0.000004736 10 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 14 0.000005277 14 100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 100%
1947 23 0.000006385 23 100%
1948 20 0.000005793 20 100%
1949 29 0.000008322 29 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 100%
1952 38 0.000010005 38 100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 100%
1955 43 0.00001071 43 100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 100%
1958 34 0.000008225 34 100%
1959 42 0.000010101 42 100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 100%
1961 20 0.000004828 20 100%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 100%
1963 34 0.00000859 34 100%
1964 39 0.000010032 39 100%
1965 32 0.000008826 32 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 34 0.000010015 34 100%
1968 27 0.000007992 27 100%
1969 48 0.000013812 48 100%
1970 37 0.000010259 37 100%
1971 47 0.000013693 47 100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 44 0.000014474 44 100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 100%
1976 43 0.000014171 43 100%
1977 46 0.000014481 46 100%
1978 37 0.000011658 37 100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 100%
1980 47 0.000013645 47 100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 100%
1983 42 0.000012127 42 100%
1984 48 0.000013758 48 100%
1985 31 0.000008686 31 100%
1986 40 0.000011245 40 100%
1987 44 0.000012203 44 100%
1988 50 0.000013532 45 5 80%
1989 51 0.000013266 51 100%
1990 49 0.000012397 49 100%
1991 50 0.000012836 50 100%
1992 51 0.000013277 51 100%
1993 46 0.000012201 46 100%
1994 57 0.000015332 57 100%
1995 56 0.000015292 56 100%
1996 104 0.000028515 104 100%
1997 142 0.000039164 142 100%
1998 182 0.000049481 182 100%
1999 165 0.000044669 165 100%
2000 174 0.000046033 174 100%
2001 224 0.000059839 224 100%
2002 198 0.000052965 198 100%
2003 237 0.00006233 237 100%
2004 268 0.00007014 268 100%
2005 276 0.000071784 276 100%
2006 286 0.000072292 286 100%
2007 274 0.00006854 274 100%
2008 308 0.000078358 308 100%
2009 350 0.000091619 350 100%
2010 316 0.000085504 316 100%
2011 347 0.000094866 347 100%
2012 426 0.000116477 426 100%
2013 435 0.00011932 435 100%
2014 478 0.000128967 478 100%
2015 518 0.000139966 518 100%
2016 578 0.000157549 578 100%
2017 662 0.000185113 662 100%
2018 677 0.000192554 677 100%
2019 685 0.000197353 685 100%
2020 633 0.000189488 633 100%
2021 651 0.000192152 651 100%
2022 658 0.000194494 658 100%
2023 742 0.000224088 742 100%
2024 820 0.000246357 820 100%

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