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Mirza

#5,529 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Prince

Mirza has been given to 689 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #5,529 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Mirza, 2025

1 in 195,000

Mirza over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Mirza over time

In 2025, Mirza went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19602025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Mirza: meaning, origin, and history

Prince

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mirza means

Mirza means “prince”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 554 boys were recorded with the name Mirza between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2001; its best national rank was #3,801 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,342 in 2020 to #5,529 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,652 in 2015 to #5,529 in 2025.

In the United States, 135 girls were recorded with the name Mirza between 1960 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1999; its best national rank was #7,014 in 1960.

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.

How common is Mirza?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,529
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mirza 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 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mirza. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mirzas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mirza was born before 2006 — so the typical Mirza is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
554
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Choose a decade

2000s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (164).

Is Mirza 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
+556
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,813
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+123
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.06×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
77.3%
Peak was 2001 (22)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,801
2001

Spellings of Mirza

Mirza is not the most common spelling — Ira is, with 84.5% against Mirza's 0.84%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Mirza is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Mirza was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,022,588 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Mirza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Mirza is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Mirza was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,901,278 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Mirza has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mirza around the world

Where Mirza 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
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1987–2018
    #704
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2010–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    2006–2025
    #1,348
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1999–2012
    #514
    in 2012

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

Mirza by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,529
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,813
Best rank ever
#3,801
2001
Peak year
2001
22 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
554
Count in 2025
17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,014
1960
Peak year
1999
9 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
135
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Mirza

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

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Sibling names for Mirza

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

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