Mayra

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A few things about Mayra you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Mayra

Mayra Andrade

Cape Verdean singer

Choose Mayra and your child shares a first name with Mayra Andrade, a Cape Verdean singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Mayra, like who?” Mayra Andrade's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Management Mayra Andrade, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 18,692 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Mayra, 86 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Mayra would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMayra first shows up in US birth records in 1948, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 77 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1986, when it ranked #179. Today it's #2,153, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowMayra was 5.9× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 3,175 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 18,692.
• 🍂TrendMayra has slipped 582 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,153. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedMayra is most popular in Massachusetts, where it ranks #873. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.

About the name Mayra

Mayra is a girl name of English, Irish and Latin origin. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-yra”. US birth records list Mayra for girls from 1948 to 2025, in 78 of those 78 years. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked #179 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,153, with 86 babies.

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