Mirah
Mirah is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. After getting her start in the music scene of Olympia, Washington, in the late 1990s, she released a number of well-received solo albums on K Records, including You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This (2000) and Advisory Committee (2002).
Meaning & Origin of Mirah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mirah is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. After getting her start in the music scene of Olympia, Washington, in the late 1990s, she released a number of well-received solo albums on K Records, including You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This (2000) and Advisory Committee (2002).
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The Story of Mirah
The earliest SSA record of Mirah as a baby girl name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Mirah — #5,133 in the national rankings. About 34% of every Mirah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mirah ranks #5,318 for baby girls with 24 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 596 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mirah
Mirah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 596 births in the dataset. Mirah's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #4,975. Use the chart and map above to compare Mirah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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