Miracle — #469 US girls' name
20,836 babies named Miracle in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Miracle was born in this single decade.
875 babies were named Miracle in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Miracle
The Social Security Administration has registered 20,836 babies named Miracle between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miracle currently holds the #469 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 875 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Miracle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,645 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Miracle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,955 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Miracle in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Miracle 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 20,836 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.
Miracle at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Miracle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1960
- Peak year (2016)
- 875
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
Currently ranks #469 among girls.
20,836 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 875 births in a single year.
Miracle popularity over time — boys
491 total births recorded since 1993 (Miracle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Miracle accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Miracle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 7,645 births that decade — 37% of Miracle's all-time total
Miracle decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,645 births
- Runner-up 6,160 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Miracle's strongest decade
7,645 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Miracle by state
Where Miracle concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,955 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,602 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,448 | 6.9% |
| #4 | California | | 1,333 | 6.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 1,063 | 5.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,042 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,007 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 842 | 4.0% |
1,955 of 20,836 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 7.7% of nationwide
- Florida 6.9% of nationwide
- California 6.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Miracle appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.