Maira

“Form of Maria in Latvian and South Asian use; also Greek Maira” — Multiple origins

Girl's name · #2751 in the US (2025) · 90s

Maira has appeared in US records since 1944 — best rank #731 (1992) · 6,341 babies named Maira all-time · 1 in 25,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,700 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 3,300 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 3,800 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mairas

Maira Khan — Pakistani actress
Maira Shamsutdinova — Soviet composer (1890-1927)
Maira Doshi — Indian actress
Maira Kalman — Israeli American artist and creator of children's books (born 1949)
Maira Alexandra Rodríguez — Beauty pageant titleholder

What Mairas become

Among 51 notable people named Maira:

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