Meira

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Meira: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Meira: Recorded since 2007, it reached #2,869 in 2019, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#2869highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2008	#3860
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2016	#3214
2018	#4684
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#5669
2023	#3218
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #2869 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Meira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Meira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	45	9 of 10	5
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Meira appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2869 in England and Wales in 2019.

Meira's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,869, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Meisha · #546, 23y
Meja · #894, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amaaya · #2869, 13y
Amra · #2869, 18y
Devora · #2869, 15y
Eliza-May · #2869, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Devora · #2869, 15y
Hava · #2869, 10y
Vina · #2869, 14y
Yohanna · #2869, 16y

Meira and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Meira without appearing here.

Meira moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3218 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Meira

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2705.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2869 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Meira

Meira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Meira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Meira and the names beside it

Meira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meira

Meira at a glance

Meira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Meira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Meira and the names beside it

Meira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Meira