Miranda
Miranda is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration", deriving the feminine name from the Latin word mirandus. Although it existed as a surname prior, held by, for example, Giovanni Miranda and Juan Carreño de Miranda, William Shakespeare originated use of the name as a forename for a character in his play The Tempest.
Meaning & Origin of Miranda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Miranda is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration", deriving the feminine name from the Latin word mirandus. Although it existed as a surname prior, held by, for example, Giovanni Miranda and Juan Carreño de Miranda, William Shakespeare originated use of the name as a forename for a character in his play The Tempest.
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The Story of Miranda
Miranda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1881, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 5,978 Mirandas were born — ranking #57 that year. As of 2026, Miranda ranks #623 for baby girls with 480 births, falling sharply (-29%). In total, more than 116K Mirandas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Miranda
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- Miranda Ayim (born 1988), Canadian basketball player
- Miranda Barbour (born 1994), American murderer
- Miranda Bennett (born 1979), Australian rower
- Miranda Bergman (born 1947), American muralist
- Miranda Bonansea (1926–2019), Italian actress and voice artist
- Miranda Boonstra (born 1972), Dutch long distance runner
- Miranda Brawn , English businesswoman, lawyer, and philanthropist
- Miranda Campa (1914–1989), Swiss–born Italian actress and voice artist
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Names that sound like Miranda
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About the name Miranda
Miranda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 116K births in the dataset. Miranda's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #57. Use the chart and map above to compare Miranda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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