Miranda

What Miranda means

Means “admirable”

Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Miranda” (revision 93848030), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Miranda?

US: Falling: down from #279 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1711 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1995, when 5,978 girls got the name (#57 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 3,678 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 31,660 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.69 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.67 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.65 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Miranda is #654 in the US and #3035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Miranda were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maranda5 US
• Myranda5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Miranda

Girls

• Lauren#401Same root as Laurence, possibly meaning “laurel”^*
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Monica#736Editor’s note Down from #559 in 2015 to #736 in 2025 in the US
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Amanda#493“to love”^*
• Victoria#54“victory”^*

For a brother

• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Victor#209“conqueror”^*
• Quinton#973“queen s town”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Miranda’s. Rank is US 2025.