Miranda

Miranda was the #654 girls' name in the US in 2025 (437 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Miranda as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Miranda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Miranda as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#654 (437)#3,035 (8)——#1,768 (13)
2024#623 (479)#2,412 (11)—#898 (3)#1,833 (12)
2023#571 (520)#4,710 (4)——#1,203 (20)
2022#546 (563)#2,674 (9)——#1,017 (25)
2021#587 (513)#2,073 (13)—#764 (4)#636 (46)
2020#542 (556)#2,843 (8)——#787 (36)
2019#446 (698)#2,286 (11)——#807 (35)
2018#367 (861)#1,649 (18)—#896 (3)#494 (63)
2017#344 (939)#1,911 (15)——#501 (64)
2016#277 (1,138)#1,571 (20)——#477 (69)
2015#279 (1,135)#1,711 (17)——#438 (76)
2014#239 (1,353)#1,702 (17)—#876 (3)#436 (75)
2013#245 (1,302)#1,360 (24)——#359 (91)
2012#213 (1,475)#1,342 (24)——#447 (70)
2011#200 (1,570)#894 (40)——#400 (80)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #57.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Miranda is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 4,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Miranda by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #396ORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #511INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #503CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #389CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #368TXFlorida: #489FL
Miranda (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MirandaCanadaGirls#1,76813
MirandaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
MirandaIrelandGirls—too few
MirandaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MirandaScotlandGirls—too few
MirandaUSGirls#654437
MirandaUSBoys—too few