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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Meranda

Meranda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1001st with 186 babies. More babies were named Meranda in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1994186 babies
Total since 1880
2,901babies recorded

Meranda popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#10,97310
2000#2,39365
1990#1,321123
1980#1,38890
1970#6,8017
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Meranda, counting every spelling?

Meranda has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Meranda?

About 2,800 people born in the US named Meranda are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 29 and 41. That makes Meranda mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Meranda by state

How common Meranda was among girls born in each state in 1992–1996, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Indiana (3.4×), Ohio (2.5×), Michigan (1.6×). In 25 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWA0.10Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMN0.09Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMI0.15New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIA0.08Indiana: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesIN0.31Ohio: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOH0.23Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.02Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesUT0.08Colorado: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCO0.06Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMO0.07Kentucky: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesKY0.06West Virginia: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesWV0.13Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.04New Mexico: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNM0.14Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTN0.08North Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNC0.05South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTX0.12Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Meranda, girls, 1992–1996. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Meranda: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Meranda, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Meranda

How popular is the name Meranda?

Meranda was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1001st with 186 babies. More babies were named Meranda in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Meranda a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,901 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Meranda most popular?

In 1992–1996, Meranda was most common in Indiana (0.31 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Michigan.