Meranda
Last seen for girls in 2013 at #10,235
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 186 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,901since 1957
Meranda over time
Rank among girls' names. Meranda has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 |
| 2008 | #4,882 | 30 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 |
| 1998 | #1,636 | 99 |
| 1997 | #1,412 | 118 |
| 1996 | #1,149 | 158 |
| 1995 | #1,023 | 178 |
| 1994 | #994 | 186 |
| 1993 | #1,237 | 140 |
| 1992 | #1,149 | 153 |
| 1991 | #1,061 | 171 |
| 1990 | #1,318 | 123 |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 |
| 1988 | #2,071 | 56 |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 |
| 1984 | #1,684 | 65 |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 |
| 1981 | #1,754 | 64 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 |
| 1978 | #1,765 | 58 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #1,820 | 51 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Meranda! It came in at #4,918, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Meranda is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#275 · 1 in 1,583
- Indiana#367 · 1 in 2,341
- Utah#411 · 1 in 2,316
- Ohio#509 · 1 in 4,042
- Colorado#549 · 1 in 3,371
Best ever in a state: #185 in Alaska, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #275 | 5 | 1 in 1,583 |
| Indiana | #367 | 14 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Utah | #411 | 6 | 1 in 2,316 |
| Ohio | #509 | 16 | 1 in 4,042 |
| Colorado | #549 | 6 | 1 in 3,371 |
| Michigan | #597 | 12 | 1 in 4,518 |
| Pennsylvania | #774 | 9 | 1 in 7,215 |
| Washington | #792 | 5 | 1 in 5,779 |
| Georgia | #847 | 6 | 1 in 6,792 |
| Texas | #1,026 | 16 | 1 in 8,499 |
| Illinois | #1,168 | 7 | 1 in 10,605 |
| New York | #1,206 | 10 | 1 in 11,122 |
| California | #1,537 | 15 | 1 in 16,167 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Meranda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 243 spots in 1994 (#1,237 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 29 spots in 1995 (#994 → #1,023)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1994 at #994 (186 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1994
- Highest: 1 in 9,601 girls born in 1994 were named Meranda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 175,475 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 49.3% of all girls named Meranda (1,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | #4,918 (1957) | #4,918 |
| 1960s | 22 | #6,042 (1967) | #6,632 |
| 1970s | 328 | #1,765 (1978) | #3,619 |
| 1980s | 654 | #1,380 (1980) | #1,792 |
| 1990s | 1,431 | #994 (1994) | #1,258 |
| 2000s | 411 | #2,374 (2000) | #3,912 |
| 2010s | 48 | #8,196 (2011) | #9,273 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Meranda in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
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1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 9,601 of them was named Meranda, which outranked 93.7% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #991Isis187
- #991Kallie187
- #991Tatianna187
- #994Meranda186
- #994Betsy186
- #994Eliana186
- #994Fallon186
- #1,004Ajee185
- #1,004Alia185
- #1,004Bernadette185
Tied with 9 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.