Miranda — #622 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Miranda

The Social Security Administration has registered 114,541 babies named Miranda between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miranda currently holds the #622 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 5,978 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Miranda performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 42,224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Miranda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13,834 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Miranda in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Miranda 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 114,541 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.