Mireya is a distinctive choice, ranked #1271 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Mireya in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1271
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About the Name Mireya
Mireya has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 383 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1402 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2009.
Mireya is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Mireya in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Mireya
Mireya Luis — Alejandrina Mireya Luis Hernández is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist.
Mireya Mayor — Mireya Mayor is an American anthropologist, primatologist, and wildlife correspondent for National Geographic, part of a research expedition that discovered a new species of lemur, considered the world's smallest primate.
Mireya Baltra — Mireya Baltra Moreno was a Chilean sociologist, journalist, and politician of the Communist Party of Chile.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Mireya
Unlikely. With around 25 UK babies named Mireya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mireya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mireya is at its highest recorded position — #1,271 in 2025, with 25 births. In 2020 it ranked #1,618.
Mireya is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Mireya include: Mireya Luis, Mireya Mayor and Mireya Moscoso. Short summaries for each appear below.
Mireya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Mireyas in the wild.
25
UK babies named Mireya (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 347 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mireya
Almost certainly the only Mireya in the class
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UK Popularity (2009–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mireya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mireya Mayor is an American anthropologist, primatologist, and wildlife correspondent for National Geographic, part of a research expedition that discovered a new species of lemur, considered the world's smallest primate.
Mireya Agüero or Mireya Agüero de Corrales is a Honduran politician who is currently serving as minister for foreign affairs since 2026, and previously from 2013 to 2014.