Miranda

#654 for girls in 2025, 437 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1995 · 5,978 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
114,979
since 1881

Miranda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #57, 1995girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#654437
2024#623479
2023#571520
2022#546563
2021#587513#12,1465
2020#542556
2019#446698
2018#367861
2017#344939
2016#2771,138
2015#2791,135
2014#2391,353
2013#2451,302
2012#2131,475
2011#2001,570
2010#1741,779#12,2315
2009#1821,813
2008#1622,066
2007#1542,272#12,3675
2006#1392,500
2005#1452,358#7,09610
2004#1282,613#8,9277
2003#1582,118
2002#1472,272
2001#1282,684#8,3397
2000#1123,043
1999#943,433
1998#804,143#6,8438
1997#704,590#6,1009
1996#764,568
1995#575,978#7,7926
1994#615,456#6,3728
1993#893,581#7,6386
1992#893,695
1991#903,820#6,5197
1990#1122,961#7,1786
1989#1302,326#5,1659
1988#1441,976#5,7517
1987#1401,977#4,5739
1986#1372,036#5,3327
1985#1282,267#4,6988
1984#1142,480#5,5616
1983#1182,479#4,4998
1982#1172,520#5,6196
1981#1282,239#4,1539
1980#1282,416#4,4958
1979#1741,593#4,8427
1978#1831,415
1977#2221,121
1976#2311,044#4,0128
1975#274882
1974#275934#3,8378
1973#520325
1972#537310
1971#608280
1970#712216
1969#682213
1968#642229
1967#763166
1966#778159
1965#846139
1964#1,032109
1963#843154
1962#1,008113
1961#920137
1960#1,039107
1959#860142
1958#973113
1957#795161
1956#1,14182
1955#1,17572
1954#1,12377
1953#1,35851
1952#1,71333
1951#1,61135
1950#1,76429
1949#2,34018
1948#1,95324
1947#2,53016
1946#2,09420
1945#4,0256
1944#2,62512
1943#2,15117
1942#2,21416
1941#1,81020
1940#3,2088
1939#3,7826
1938#3,8476
1937#3,8006
1936#2,8579
1935
1934#2,9239
1933
1932
1931
1930#4,0476
1929#3,6827
1928
1927#2,69912
1926#3,8737
1925#2,61713
1924#4,0027
1923#3,12510
1922#4,0117
1921#3,16410
1920#2,46314
1919#2,81311
1918#2,82211
1917#2,10016
1916#2,24614
1915#3,7956
1914#2,6388
1913#3,1875
1912#2,3607
1911
1910#2,1406
1909#1,4719
1908
1907
1906#1,5537
1905#1,6966
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,00814
1899#1,03410
1898#1,3797
1897#1,1678
1896#1,4166
1895#1,4266
1894#1,4855
1893
1892#95810
1891#1,2136
1890#1,2106
1889#80211
1888#1,0367
1887#73310
1886#8977
1885#9216
1884#7938
1883#7547
1882#9085
1881#5829
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Miranda! It came in at #582, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Miranda
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 31 spots since 2024 (#623#654)
  • 112 spots since 2020 (#542#654)
  • 375 spots since 2015 (#279#654)
  • Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1957 (#1,141#795)
  • Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1890 (#802#1,210)
Rise & fade · girls
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1995 at #57 (5,978 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 1991–1999
  • Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1965–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 294
  • Highest: 1 in 294 girls born in 1995 were named Miranda (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,678 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.7% of all girls named Miranda (42,225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s70#582 (1881)#825
1890s64#958 (1892)#1,254
1900s36#1,008 (1900)#1,432
1910s84#2,100 (1917)#2,678
1920s87#2,463 (1920)#3,293
1930s42#2,857 (1936)#3,543
1940s157#1,810 (1941)#2,495
1950s795#795 (1957)#1,251
1960s1,526#642 (1968)#855
1970s8,120#174 (1979)#374
1980s22,716#114 (1984)#128
1990s42,225#57 (1995)#82
2000s23,739#112 (2000)#146
2010s12,250#174 (2010)#278
2020s3,068#542 (2020)#587

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Miranda in 1956

girls
#1,141
82 births · 1 in 24,484 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,141Miranda82
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 24,484 of them was named Miranda, which outranked 83.4% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Miranda
  1. #1,133Lolita83
  2. #1,133Regenia83
  3. #1,133Trena83
  4. #1,141Miranda82
  5. #1,141Amalia82
  6. #1,141Claudine82
  7. #1,141Corina82
  8. #1,151Candyce81
  9. #1,151Estela81
  10. #1,151Lissa81

Tied with 9 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956