Fun Facts About the Name Meera
- More than 4 thousand babies named Meera: U.S. records list 4,259 babies given the name Meera from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Meera Mean?
Meera is a feminine given name of Sanskrit origin. It is most often explained as meaning "prosperity." The Sanskrit word it is usually derived from, mīra (मीर), also denotes the "sea" or "ocean," and, as a separate sense, a "boundary" or "limit." Because these senses belong to the same word or to close homonyms, references differ on which meaning should be treated as primary, and the name is regularly glossed as either "prosperity" or "ocean."
The name is written मीरा in Devanagari and appears in similar forms in other Indian scripts. It is not related to the Slavic name Mira, which means "peace," or to the Latin mira, "wonderful," despite the similar spelling in English.
Meera Name History & Origins
Meera is an English transliteration of the Sanskrit and Hindi Mīrā (मीरा). The name is most familiar through Mirabai, also written Meera Bai, a devotional poet of sixteenth-century northern India, traditionally described as a Rajput princess who became a follower of the god Krishna. Her songs, sung as bhajans, are widely known in that region. Accounts of her life come mainly from later devotional and hagiographic writings rather than contemporary records, so the details of her biography are uncertain.
As a given name, Meera is used by Hindu families in India and by Indian communities abroad, including in Mauritius, Trinidad, and Fiji. Its use is tied to Indian languages and religious culture rather than to a single literary work, and it should be kept distinct from the unrelated Slavic and Latin names that share its sound.
How Popular is the Name Meera?
Meera has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,020 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,020 | 246 | 0.0153% |
| 2024 | #1,101 | 222 | 0.0138% |
| 2023 | #1,258 | 183 | 0.0114% |
| 2022 | #1,270 | 189 | 0.0115% |
| 2021 | #1,166 | 210 | 0.0128% |
| 2020 | #1,295 | 171 | 0.0106% |
| 2019 | #1,147 | 210 | 0.0125% |
| 2018 | #1,226 | 191 | 0.0112% |
| 2017 | #1,293 | 182 | 0.0105% |
| 2016 | #1,234 | 198 | 0.0112% |
| 2015 | #1,296 | 186 | 0.0104% |
| 2014 | #1,348 | 174 | 0.0097% |
| 2013 | #1,438 | 157 | 0.0089% |
| 2012 | #2,308 | 82 | 0.0047% |
| 2011 | #2,341 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2010 | #1,987 | 101 | 0.0057% |
| 2009 | #2,414 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 2008 | #2,227 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #2,364 | 81 | 0.0042% |
| 2006 | #2,531 | 73 | 0.0038% |
| 2005 | #2,332 | 77 | 0.0042% |
| 2004 | #2,576 | 65 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,116 | 83 | 0.0045% |
| 2002 | #2,522 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2001 | #2,588 | 59 | 0.0033% |
| 2000 | #3,051 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #2,595 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 1998 | #2,875 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1997 | #2,187 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1996 | #2,496 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 1995 | #3,004 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1994 | #3,074 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #3,551 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #3,189 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #3,505 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1990 | #3,268 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1989 | #4,081 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1988 | #3,448 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1987 | #3,933 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1986 | #4,136 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #3,690 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #3,826 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #3,764 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1982 | #3,493 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #4,456 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,682 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #4,998 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #6,730 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #5,745 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #4,801 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1975 | #5,044 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #5,615 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #6,444 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #7,879 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #7,969 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #7,157 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #7,764 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #7,472 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #7,247 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #7,175 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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