# Miranda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/miranda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “admirable” |
| Pronunciation | /mɪˈɹændə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Randy |
| Variant spellings | Myranda |
| US babies named this | 115,168 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 189 / 114,979 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,249, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,570 | 200 |
| 2012 | 1,475 | 213 |
| 2013 | 1,302 | 245 |
| 2014 | 1,353 | 239 |
| 2015 | 1,135 | 280 |
| 2016 | 1,138 | 277 |
| 2017 | 939 | 344 |
| 2018 | 861 | 367 |
| 2019 | 698 | 446 |
| 2020 | 556 | 543 |
| 2021 | 513 | 587 |
| 2022 | 563 | 547 |
| 2023 | 520 | 574 |
| 2024 | 479 | 623 |
| 2025 | 437 | 656 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7 | 6,234 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,452 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,779 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,027 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,339 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,775 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,523 |
| 1997 | 9 | 6,442 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,314 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,926 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,612 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,487 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,745 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,615 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,433 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,702 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 米蘭達 /米兰达
- Portuguese: Miranda
- Russian: Мира́нда

## People named Miranda

- Miranda Cosgrove, American actress, singer-songwriter and producer (born 1993)
- Miranda Kerr, Australian model
- Miranda Richardson, British actress
- Miranda Otto, Australian actress
- Miranda Lambert, American country singer
- Miranda July, American performance artist, musician and writer (born 1974)
- Miranda Hart, English comedian
- Miranda Fricker, British feminist philosopher
- Miranda Raison, British-French actress
- Miranda Rae Mayo, American actress
- Miranda Aldhouse-Green, British archaeologist and academic
- Miranda Leek, American archer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.