Maranda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-RAN-da
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Maranda is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “worthy of admiration”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Maranda mean?
Latin: spelling of Miranda, from Latin mirandus
“worthy of admiration”
A spelling of Miranda, a name coined by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest.
Is Maranda a girl's or a boy's name?
Maranda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maranda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Maranda, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 616 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Maranda in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maranda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 82 | #2,358 |
| 2008 | 96 | #2,106 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,722 |
| 2005 | 156 | #1,378 |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 163 | #1,278 |
| 2002 | 189 | #1,108 |
| 2001 | 240 | #924 |
| 2000 | 254 | #865 |
| 1999 | 302 | #740 |
| 1998 | 359 | #641 |
| 1997 | 417 | #561 |
| 1996 | 424 | #550 |
| 1995 | 614 | #423 |
| 1994 | 616 | #406 |
| 1993 | 440 | #543 |
| 1992 | 498 | #492 |
| 1991 | 452 | #513 |
| 1990 | 380 | #595 |
| 1989 | 343 | #618 |
| 1988 | 296 | #657 |
| 1987 | 296 | #638 |
| 1986 | 279 | #663 |
| 1985 | 320 | #598 |
| 1984 | 304 | #592 |
| 1983 | 370 | #515 |
| 1982 | 335 | #550 |
| 1981 | 314 | #586 |
| 1980 | 378 | #514 |
| 1979 | 285 | #619 |
| 1978 | 220 | #717 |
| 1977 | 202 | #755 |
| 1976 | 187 | #766 |
| 1975 | 146 | #899 |
| 1974 | 155 | #847 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Nicknames for Maranda
- Randi 34 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Maranda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miranda Amanda Marina Serena Melissa Mariana Monica Samantha Marissa Francesca Clarissa Tiana
Names related to Maranda
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maranda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maranda, updated 20 October 2026.