Maranda — #15289 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maranda

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,431 babies named Maranda between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maranda currently holds the #15289 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 616 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maranda performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,502 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Maranda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 937 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Maranda in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maranda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11,431 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.