Miranda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Miranda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Miranda: Recorded since 1967, it reached #272 in 1981, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#313
1997	#383
1998	#356
1999	#374
2000	#472
2001	#449
2002	#431
2003	#508
2004	#480
2005	#615
2006	#606
2007	#706
2008	#668
2009	#783
2010	#862
2011	#894
2012	#1342
2013	#1360
2014	#1702
2015	#1711
2016	#1571
2017	#1911
2018	#1649
2019	#2286
2020	#2843
2021	#2073
2022	#2673
2023	#4709
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 58 years from 1967 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1967–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1967
First recorded at #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1967 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1967–2024
Highest recorded position: #272 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1967–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Miranda appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1967, and has registered 153 births with the name.

Miranda across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Miranda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1967)	#272 (1981)	#898 (2024)	32 of 58	153 (1967–2024)	14 (1981)
Norway · Girls	#659 (1983)	#406 (2005)	#485 (2019)	28 of 37	160 (1983–2019)	9 (1998)
England and Wales · Girls	#313 (1996)	#313 (1996)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	1,241 (1996–2024)	113 (1996)

Miranda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Miranda in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	7	2 of 10	4
1970s	32	8 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
1990s	26	6 of 10	4
2000s	9	3 of 10	3
2010s	6	2 of 10	3
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Miranda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Miranda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1360	24	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#894	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#862	41	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#783	45	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#668	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#706	48	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#606	55	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#615	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#480	71	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#431	74	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#449	68	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#472	63	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#374	86	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#356	94	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#383	83	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#313	113	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#485	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#541	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#535	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#563	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#603	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#406	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#468	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#424	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#628	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#477	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#451	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#458	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#661	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#563	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#664	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#575	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#585	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#637	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#620	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#624	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#659	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1967 and 2024, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 113 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Miraya · #631, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Amin · #274, 50y
Irma · #269, 49y
Roberto · #269, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breege · #272, 25y
Siril · #272, 41y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Gwen · #271, 52y

Miranda was ranked #272 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Miranda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Miranda without appearing here.

Miranda moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4192.
Shauna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4192.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Miranda

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #1959.
Jane Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1023.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.

Moved the opposite way to Miranda

Amy Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 while Amy went from #393 to #156.
Annie Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 while Annie went from #162 to #41.
Cara Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 while Cara went from #393 to #37.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 while Charlotte went from #187 to #64.

Moved the same way as Miranda

Audrey Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 and Audrey from #44 to #898.
Camilla Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 and Camilla from #393 to #556.
Eileen Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 and Eileen from #21 to #372.
Margaret Compare
Between 1967 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Miranda went from #393 to #898 and Margaret from #2 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1967 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #272 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Miranda

Miranda at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Miranda across 3 official records

Miranda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Miranda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Miranda and the names beside it

Miranda moved ahead of

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Miranda at a glance

Miranda across 3 official records

Miranda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Miranda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Miranda

Miranda and the names beside it

Miranda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Miranda

Moved the opposite way to Miranda

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