Girls' name · peaked in 1986
Mayra name popularity since 1925
33,561 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mayra (99.0% girls, 1.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1991 or earlier, so the typical Mayra is about 35 years old in 2026. Mayra peaked in 1986 as the #179 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 33,561
- Named Mayra, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,168 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.0% girls
- 33,217 girls · 344 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 4.60× its national share
Peak year is the year Mayra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mayra births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1987. Measured as a share of all babies, Mayra peaked in 1986.
- Fastest rise: Between 1975 and 1980, Mayra became 3× more common, from 1 in 5,610 baby girls to 1 in 1,900.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 5,620 to 1 in 11,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mayra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mayra.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mayra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 12 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 177 | 0 | #3,715 |
| 1960s | 892 | 0 | #1,206 |
| 1970s | 2,537 | 5 | #610 |
| 1980s | 11,085 | 223 | #225 |
| 1990s | 11,146 | 116 | #269 |
| 2000s | 4,703 | 0 | #632 |
| 2010s | 1,929 | 0 | #1,284 |
| 2020–25 | 736 | 0 | #2,168 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
57.9% of babies named Mayra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Mayra is most popular
The index compares Mayra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mayra.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4.60× | 15,398 |
| Texas | 2.71× | 6,728 |
| Arizona | 2.23× | 912 |
| Illinois | 1.15× | 1,775 |
| Washington | 0.79× | 418 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mayra and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mayra (this page) | 33,217 | 1986 |
| Maira | 6,341 | 1992 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mayra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mayra.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mayra (1986).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data