Vaira
Vaira is a feminine Latvian given name. Notable people with the name include:Vaira Paegle, Latvian politician Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, sixth President of Latvia
- Latvian
Meaning & Origin of Vaira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vaira is a feminine Latvian given name. Notable people with the name include:Vaira Paegle, Latvian politician Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, sixth President of Latvia
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Latvian
The Story of Vaira
The earliest SSA record of Vaira as a baby girl name dates back to 2013, when 5 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Vaira — #16,544 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Vaira on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Vaira last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 25 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Vaira
Vaira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 25 births in the dataset. Vaira's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #16,544. Use the chart and map above to compare Vaira'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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