Vaira

#14,794 in 2025Girls' name

To add, increase

Vaira has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 2013. In 2025 it ranked #14,794 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Vaira, 2025

1 in 553,000

Vaira over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vaira: meaning, origin, and history

To add, increase

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vaira means

Vaira means “to add, increase”, associated with vairot.

Origin, language, and formation

Vaira is used in Latvian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 girls were recorded with the name Vaira between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #14,794 in 2025.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #18,920 in 2015 to #14,794 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 Vaira?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,794; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vaira sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vaira. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vairas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vaira was born before 2022 — so the typical Vaira is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 51.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 51.6% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Vaira 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,126; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.20×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (6)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #14,794; 2025

Spellings of Vaira

Vaira is not the most common spelling — Laura is, with 32.7% against Vaira's <0.01%.

Laura32.7%801,811
Sara17.8%436,193
Tara7.2%175,812
Vera6.1%149,456
Kara4.1%101,743
Cara2.2%53,305
Laila1.8%43,484
Kira1.7%40,829

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.

Vaira by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,794
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #14,794; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 6 that year
First recorded: 2013
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Vaira

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

Vaila Vaiana Imira Xaira Cyaira Kheira Fira Asmira Dira Dahira Vaia Myaira Vaiga Azira Umaira Ophira Nivira Nymira Elaira Omira Sabira Ishira Ayira Azmira

Sibling names for Vaira

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

Annabell Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Leonor Sydnie

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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