Mihir
Masculine · “the sun”
Mihir is a Sanskrit word for the sun, and it came into Sanskrit from Persian — one of the small number of words that traveled east rather than west along that road.
How old is the name Mihir?
Mihir first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Mihir alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,500 people named Mihir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mihir most popular?
Mihir peaked in 2002, reaching #1514 nationally. Today it ranks #3658, 2,144 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mihr to Mihir
The story of Mihir
Mithra was an Indo-Iranian god of covenants and of the sun, and his name spread in both directions from the shared Indo-Iranian past — into Sanskrit as Mitra and, later and separately, back as the loanword mihira. Varahamihira, a sixth-century Indian astronomer, carried it. The name is used across India, particularly in the west and in Bengal, and reaches American records with families from those regions.
Meaning
the sun
From Sanskrit mihira, the sun, borrowed from the Middle Persian mihr, which named both the sun and the god Mithra; the same root gives the Persian names Mehr and Mehrdad.
How the name formed
- mihr
- mihira
- Mihir
Related forms: Mihir · Mehr · Mihir
Pronouncing Mihir
MIH-heer
Two syllables, first stressed, with an audible h between them. English speakers often say MY-heer.
Nicknames for Mihir
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 200282 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1514reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%30 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mihir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mihir in Hindi — transliteration
- Mehr in Persian — related form
- Mihir in Bengali — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Washington.
Mihirs among us
people named Mihir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 56,936 born in 2025 was named Mihir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mihir
- #3658
- Mihir on the 2025 chart
- #878
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mihir went to 30 boys in 2025, but Myhir is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 50, which makes it the 878th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,780 places above the chart.
- Mihir30
- Myhir20
About 1 boy in 34,162 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 56,936 for Mihir itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Arash test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mihir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arash climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arash's path sketches the road Mihir is walking now.
Mihir sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mihir is headed
Mihir should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Mihir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mihir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is concrete and easy to explain to a child.
- A documented Indo-Iranian journey behind it, which is genuinely interesting.
- Five letters and two syllables, short by the standards of Sanskrit names.
- The h in the middle disappears in fast English speech.
- The first vowel is unsettled between MIH and MY in American English.
- Mihir, Mihira and Meher are all in use and relatives may prefer different ones.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mihirs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Mihir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mihir?
- Mihir is the most-used spelling in US records — 30 of the 50 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Myhir.
- How popular is the name Mihir in 2025?
- Mihir ranks #3658 among US boy names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mihir?
- About 1 in every 56,936 US boys born in 2025 was named Mihir — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mihir with classmates?
- Mihir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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