Mirha
Feminine · “moonlight”
Mirha is a recent Pakistani and Indian name, generally read as the light of the moon — though it is modern rather than classical, and sources differ.
How old is the name Mirha?
Mirha first appears in US birth records in 2015 — 10 years ago. The typical Mirha is a kid of about 3 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Mirha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mirha most popular?
Mirha peaked in 2022, reaching #1220 nationally. Today it ranks #1833, 613 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mirha
Our story of Mirha is a story of a name that arrived faster than its etymology. It rose very sharply in Pakistani naming from around 2015 and reached the top of several lists within a few years. Behind the sound sits the Persian mihr — the sun, and by extension love and kindness, one of the oldest words in the language. Whether Mirha descends from it or was built on its shape is not documented, and honest sources say the form is modern.
Meaningscholars disagree
moonlight, radiance
Modern Urdu naming sources give 'light of the moon' or 'radiance', but the form is recent and is not documented in classical Persian or Arabic dictionaries. It may reflect the Persian mihr, 'sun' or 'love', which is a genuine and ancient word. Nothing is settled.
Pronouncing Mirha
MEER-ha
Two syllables, stress on the first. Urdu gives the h a light breath English usually drops.
Nicknames for Mirha
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
- 2015
- Most girls named
- 2022198 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1220reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −0.9%109 in 2025, from 110
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.
Mirha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- مرہا in Urdu — transliteration
- Mihr in Persian — related form
- Mirah in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.
Mirhas among us
people named Mirha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,746 born in 2025 was named Mirha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ranae test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mirha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ranae climbed just as high around 1962, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ranae's path sketches the road Mirha is walking now.
Mirha 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 Mirha is headed
Mirha looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 23% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Mirha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mirha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The moonlight reading is concrete and attractive where it holds.
- The Persian mihr behind the sound is a genuinely ancient and rich word.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The form is modern and its meaning is not documented in classical sources.
- Mira and Mirha are close enough to cause confusion.
- It is very new in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mirhas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Mirha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mirha in 2025?
- Mirha ranks #1833 among US girl names in 2025, with 109 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mirha?
- About 1 in every 14,746 US girls born in 2025 was named Mirha — 109 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mirha with classmates?
- Mirha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mirha
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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