Mir

#4,811 in 2025Boys' name

Peace

Mir has been given to 556 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #4,811 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Mir, 2025

1 in 158,000

Mir over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mir: meaning, origin, and history

Peace

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mir means

Mir means “peace”, associated with mir.

Origin, language, and formation

Mir is used in English.

Mir comes through Russian мир.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Mir is pronounced /mɪɹ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 556 boys were recorded with the name Mir between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,502 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,162 in 2020 to #4,811 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,443 in 2015 to #4,811 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mir?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 158,000; 21 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 81,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,811; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 109,425 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mir sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mirs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mir was born before 2007 — so the typical Mir is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 27.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 66.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 556; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 27.2% of all recorded uses (151).

Is Mir rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +375; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +351; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +632; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.24×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (21)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,502; 2000

Where Mir is used

Across 1910–2025, Mir was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,132,960 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Illinois1 in —
2New York1 in —
3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mir has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mir around the world

Where Mir ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#822
in 2025
France
2016–2025
#2,172
in 2025
Canada
2000–2024
#1,817
in 2024
South Australia
2007–2013
#754
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mir by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,811
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 351
Best rank ever: #4,502; 2000
Peak year: 2025; 21 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 556
Count in 2025: 21

Names similar to Mir

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Miro Mirza Miron Miran Mirko Miraj Omir Symir Lamir Almir Imir Nymir Miracle Yamir Namir Kymir Romir Kamir Semir Ramir Dmir Demir Admir Quamir

Sibling names for Mir

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Adelle Annabell Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Brennen

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