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Mira
Rank in 2024
#381
Born in 2024
820
Peak year
2024 · #381
Origin
India
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 820 girls were named Mira, about 1 in every 1,967.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1887.
- 14,166 girls have been named Mira since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mira per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 176 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 206 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 592 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 608 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 805 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,173 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,537 babies, 0.37 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”). ==== Proper noun ==== Mira (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest. Synonym: Omicron Ceti Hypernym: binary star ===== Translations =====
- (by extension) A female given name from India.
- Origin
- India
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mira, CC BY-SA 4.0.