How rare is the name Myranda?

3,820 people in the United States have the first name Myranda, about 1 in 79,066. It ranks #4,755 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MYRANDA

#4,755

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,820
About
1 in 79,066
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,820 people named Myranda, 68.2% reported their origin as White, 19.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Myranda peaked in 1995, when 350 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
350
In 2025*
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,650 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Myranda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,478. The largest share of babies named Myranda, 48.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#5,622185
1980s#3,020600
1990s#1,4782,470
2000s#3,0841,114
2010s#8,868258
2020s#28,46817
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9648.9%
Generation Z 1997–1243.3%
2013 and later2.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Myranda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myranda has been most common in Texas (3×), Colorado (2×), and Washington (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.5×).

2,675 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Myranda

1 other first name also has 3,820 people.

#4,755 Zelma · 3,820

Either side of Myranda

#4,752 Zaniyah · 3,825#4,754 Mikala · 3,821#4,755 Zelma · 3,820#4,757 Phu · 3,819

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