Miraj
Miraj is a city that is part of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad metropolitan region in the Sangli district, Maharashtra. Founded in the early 10th century, Miraj was an important jagir of the Bijapur Sultanate.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Miraj
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Miraj is a city that is part of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad metropolitan region in the Sangli district, Maharashtra. Founded in the early 10th century, Miraj was an important jagir of the Bijapur Sultanate.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Miraj
As a girl name
American parents first put Miraj on the record books as a girl name in 2012, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 5 Mirajs were born — ranking #16,866 that year. About 75% of every Miraj on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Miraj last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Miraj on the record books as a boy name in 1991, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 12 Mirajs were born — ranking #6,673 that year. About 44% of every Miraj on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Miraj last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 166 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Miraj
Miraj is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 166 births in the dataset. Miraj's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #6,673. Use the chart and map above to compare Miraj'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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