Fun Facts About the Name Mirae
- 60 babies named Mirae: U.S. records list 60 babies given the name Mirae from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mirae Mean?
Mirae is a Korean given name taken from the Korean word mirae (미래), which means "future." The word is Sino-Korean: it is written with the Chinese characters 未來, made up of 未 (mi), "not yet," and 來 (rae), "to come." Read literally, the compound describes something that has not yet arrived; the customary meaning in everyday Korean, and the sense the name carries, is simply "future."
Because 미래 is a word rather than a name assembled from individually chosen name characters, its meaning does not shift from bearer to bearer the way many two-syllable Korean names do. The romanization Mirae follows the standard Korean spelling; the same name also appears as Mirea.
Mirae Name History & Origins
The element 未來 is an old Chinese compound for "the future," familiar from the grouping of past, present, and future (過去, 現在, 未來) in Chinese Buddhist and classical writing. Korean borrowed this vocabulary layer heavily, so 미래 entered Korean as a Sino-Korean word long before it was used as a personal name.
Korean given names were traditionally formed from Sino-Korean characters, with each syllable chosen for its meaning. Alongside that tradition, names taken directly from native Korean vocabulary - words for qualities, places, or natural things - became more common in the twentieth century. 미래 sits at the meeting point of the two habits: it is a Sino-Korean word in origin but is used as a word-name, chosen for its plain sense of "future" rather than for a pair of separately selected characters.
The same characters 未来 are used for the Japanese given name Mirai, but that is Japanese naming practice with its own history; Mirae belongs to Korean usage.
How Popular is the Name Mirae?
Mirae 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 #11,604 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 | #11,604 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #14,549 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #15,010 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #15,062 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #18,006 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #14,006 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #15,911 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #16,150 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #19,275 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #19,530 | 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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How the Name Mirae Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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