Miranda
Girl · Latin
Miranda is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “admirable”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 654th for girls in the US (437 babies).
What does Miranda mean?
Latin
“admirable”
A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
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Is Miranda a girl's or a boy's name?
Miranda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 437 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Miranda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Miranda, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 117 girls.
Half of all the girls named Miranda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Miranda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 41 | #936 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 46 | #824 |
| 2008 | 59 | #681 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 60 | #615 |
| 2005 | 53 | #653 |
| 2004 | 73 | #504 |
| 2003 | 65 | #535 |
| 2002 | 76 | #466 |
| 2001 | 70 | #480 |
| 2000 | 68 | #485 |
| 1999 | 93 | #387 |
| 1998 | 94 | #382 |
| 1997 | 91 | #404 |
| 1996 | 117 | #334 |
How popular is Miranda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #654among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 437about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 437 girls in the US were named Miranda, making it the 654th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 542nd. Its busiest year was 1995, with 5,978 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Miranda than any year since 1973.
Half of all the girls named Miranda in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miranda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 437 | #654 |
| 2024 | 479 | #623 |
| 2023 | 520 | #571 |
| 2022 | 563 | #546 |
| 2021 | 513 | #587 |
| 2020 | 556 | #542 |
| 2019 | 698 | #446 |
| 2018 | 861 | #367 |
| 2017 | 939 | #344 |
| 2016 | 1,138 | #277 |
| 2015 | 1,135 | #279 |
| 2014 | 1,353 | #239 |
| 2013 | 1,302 | #245 |
| 2012 | 1,475 | #213 |
| 2011 | 1,570 | #200 |
| 2010 | 1,779 | #174 |
| 2009 | 1,813 | #182 |
| 2008 | 2,066 | #162 |
| 2007 | 2,272 | #154 |
| 2006 | 2,500 | #139 |
| 2005 | 2,358 | #145 |
| 2004 | 2,613 | #128 |
| 2003 | 2,118 | #158 |
| 2002 | 2,272 | #147 |
| 2001 | 2,684 | #128 |
| 2000 | 3,043 | #112 |
| 1999 | 3,433 | #94 |
| 1998 | 4,143 | #80 |
| 1997 | 4,590 | #70 |
| 1996 | 4,568 | #76 |
| 1995 | 5,978 | #57 |
| 1994 | 5,456 | #61 |
| 1993 | 3,581 | #89 |
| 1992 | 3,695 | #89 |
| 1991 | 3,820 | #90 |
| 1990 | 2,961 | #112 |
| 1989 | 2,326 | #130 |
| 1988 | 1,976 | #144 |
| 1987 | 1,977 | #140 |
| 1986 | 2,036 | #137 |
| 1985 | 2,267 | #128 |
| 1984 | 2,480 | #114 |
| 1983 | 2,479 | #118 |
| 1982 | 2,520 | #117 |
| 1981 | 2,239 | #128 |
| 1980 | 2,416 | #128 |
| 1979 | 1,593 | #174 |
| 1978 | 1,415 | #183 |
| 1977 | 1,121 | #222 |
| 1976 | 1,044 | #231 |
| 1975 | 882 | #274 |
| 1974 | 934 | #275 |
| 1973 | 325 | #520 |
| 1972 | 310 | #537 |
| 1971 | 280 | #608 |
| 1970 | 216 | #712 |
| 1969 | 213 | #682 |
| 1968 | 229 | #642 |
| 1967 | 166 | #763 |
| 1966 | 159 | #778 |
| 1965 | 139 | #846 |
| 1964 | 109 | #1,032 |
| 1963 | 154 | #843 |
| 1962 | 113 | #1,008 |
| 1961 | 137 | #920 |
| 1960 | 107 | #1,038 |
| 1959 | 142 | #859 |
| 1958 | 113 | #972 |
| 1957 | 161 | #794 |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,140 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,174 |
| 1954 | 77 | #1,122 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,357 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,007 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 11 | #802 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
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