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How popular is “Miranda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Miranda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Miranda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Miranda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Miranda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Miranda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Miranda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Miranda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 10 0.000029478 10 100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1930 6 0.000002699 6 100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 100%
1936 9 0.000004332 9 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 100%
1946 20 0.000006259 20 100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 100%
1950 29 0.000008278 29 100%
1951 35 0.000009501 35 100%
1952 33 0.000008689 33 100%
1953 51 0.000013234 51 100%
1954 77 0.000019343 77 100%
1955 72 0.000017932 72 100%
1956 82 0.000019888 82 100%
1957 161 0.000038314 161 100%
1958 113 0.000027335 113 100%
1959 142 0.000034151 142 100%
1960 107 0.000025759 107 100%
1961 137 0.000033073 137 100%
1962 113 0.000028002 113 100%
1963 154 0.000038907 154 100%
1964 109 0.000028038 109 100%
1965 139 0.00003834 139 100%
1966 159 0.000045747 159 100%
1967 166 0.000048897 166 100%
1968 229 0.000067783 229 100%
1969 213 0.000061289 213 100%
1970 216 0.000059892 216 100%
1971 280 0.000081577 280 100%
1972 310 0.000098632 310 100%
1973 326 0.000108058 326 100%
1974 942 0.000309869 934 8 98%
1975 882 0.000292112 882 100%
1976 1052 0.000346703 1044 8 98%
1977 1121 0.000352905 1121 100%
1978 1416 0.000446143 1416 100%
1979 1600 0.000480914 1593 7 99%
1980 2424 0.000703729 2416 8 99%
1981 2248 0.000649828 2239 9 99%
1982 2526 0.000720076 2520 6 100%
1983 2487 0.000718093 2479 8 99%
1984 2486 0.000712575 2480 6 100%
1985 2275 0.000637414 2267 8 99%
1986 2043 0.000574348 2036 7 99%
1987 1986 0.000550808 1977 9 99%
1988 1983 0.000536665 1976 7 99%
1989 2335 0.00060737 2326 9 99%
1990 2967 0.000750668 2961 6 100%
1991 3826 0.000982218 3819 7 100%
1992 3695 0.000961921 3695 100%
1993 3587 0.000951389 3581 6 100%
1994 5464 0.001469744 5456 8 100%
1995 5984 0.001634011 5978 6 100%
1996 4568 0.001252469 4568 100%
1997 4599 0.001268428 4590 9 100%
1998 4151 0.001128539 4143 8 100%
1999 3433 0.000929378 3433 100%
2000 3043 0.000805047 3043 100%
2001 2691 0.000718867 2684 7 99%
2002 2272 0.000607764 2272 100%
2003 2118 0.000557029 2118 100%
2004 2620 0.000685698 2613 7 99%
2005 2368 0.00061589 2358 10 99%
2006 2500 0.000631921 2500 100%
2007 2277 0.00056958 2272 5 100%
2008 2066 0.000525611 2066 100%
2009 1813 0.000474586 1813 100%
2010 1784 0.000482718 1779 5 99%
2011 1570 0.000429221 1570 100%
2012 1475 0.000403296 1475 100%
2013 1302 0.000357136 1302 100%
2014 1353 0.000365047 1353 100%
2015 1135 0.000306681 1135 100%
2016 1138 0.000310192 1138 100%
2017 939 0.00026257 939 100%
2018 861 0.000244888 861 100%
2019 698 0.000201099 698 100%
2020 556 0.000166438 556 100%
2021 518 0.000152895 513 5 98%
2022 563 0.000166414 563 100%
2023 519 0.000156741 519 100%
2024 478 0.000143608 478 100%

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