Vira
Vira was the 5089th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1916 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,698 places. More babies were named Vira in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,089 girls, up 5,117 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191639 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,274babies recorded
Vira popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,089 | 26 |
| 2020 | #10,206 | 10 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #5,158 | 8 |
| 1950 | #5,280 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,952 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,197 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,581 | 28 |
| 1910 | #1,765 | 9 |
| 1900 | #968 | 16 |
| 1890 | #1,525 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Vira, counting every spelling?
Vira is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vira | 26 | #5,089 | 85 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Vira?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vira (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Vira born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vira.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vira?
About 300 people born in the US named Vira are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 5 and 77. That makes Vira a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Vira: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Vira, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Vira
How popular is the name Vira?
Vira was the 5089th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1916 (39). Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,698 places. More babies were named Vira in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Vira a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Vira in the US.