Given name
Mayra
“star of the sea”·“from the sea of bitterness”
Mayra is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mayra is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33,561
- 344 boys · 33,217 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 1,548 babies
- 2025
- 86
- #2,168 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 86 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,168 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,512 in 1987. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 65,662 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mayra’s family of names
Mayra has a related form in Mary. In Kazakh usage, Mayra is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Майра.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mayra
- Mayra AguiarBrazilian judokaborn 1991
- Mayra AndradeCape Verdean singerborn 1985
- Mayra RamírezColombian football playerborn 1999
- Mayra FloresMexican-American politician (born 1986)
- Mayra SérbuloMexican actressborn 1970
- Mayra Gómez KempCuban-born Spanish actress and television host1948–2024
- Mayra AlejandraVenezuelan actress (1958-2014)
- Maria GadúBrazilian recording artist, musician, songwriterborn 1986
- Mayra VerónicaCuban-American singer, model, and actressborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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