Miracle
- #490 for girls in 2025, 603 births
- #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
- Given to girls 97.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 868 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,471since 1960
Miracle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Miracle has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #490 | 603 | #2,941 | 42 |
| 2024 | #468 | 668 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #426 | 725 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #411 | 766 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 2021 | #403 | 789 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #375 | 826 | #3,497 | 31 |
| 2019 | #366 | 868 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #376 | 833 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #366 | 850 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #372 | 875 | #3,883 | 27 |
| 2015 | #412 | 778 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #408 | 787 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #426 | 717 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #410 | 762 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #489 | 606 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #518 | 577 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #457 | 677 | — | |
| 2008 | #468 | 679 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #448 | 716 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #479 | 660 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #459 | 663 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #483 | 610 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #486 | 600 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #519 | 527 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #515 | 524 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #524 | 504 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #580 | 429 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #633 | 366 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #555 | 420 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #734 | 287 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #863 | 225 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #1,043 | 175 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #1,164 | 151 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #1,231 | 141 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,297 | 128 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,578 | 96 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,629 | 85 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,860 | 62 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,119 | 48 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,189 | 46 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
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| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five girls were named Miracle! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Miracle is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alabama#201 · 1 in 833
- South Carolina#210 · 1 in 795
- Arkansas#250 · 1 in 883
- Georgia#269 · 1 in 1,222
- Mississippi#270 · 1 in 890
Best ever in a state: #58 in Mississippi, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #201 | 22 | 1 in 833 |
| South Carolina | #210 | 23 | 1 in 795 |
| Arkansas | #250 | 12 | 1 in 883 |
| Georgia | #269 | 37 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Mississippi | #270 | 10 | 1 in 890 |
| Louisiana | #295 | 15 | 1 in 1,091 |
| New York | #343 | 49 | 1 in 1,599 |
| North Carolina | #344 | 32 | 1 in 1,453 |
| New Jersey | #348 | 23 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Missouri | #386 | 15 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Illinois | #417 | 25 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 18 | 1 in 1,782 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Florida | #443 | 42 | 1 in 2,066 |
| Wisconsin | #447 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Maryland | #459 | 11 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Texas | #507 | 63 | 1 in 2,548 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Virginia | #520 | 15 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Oklahoma | #546 | 7 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Ohio | #592 | 17 | 1 in 2,781 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Arizona | #632 | 10 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| California | #830 | 35 | 1 in 4,621 |
| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
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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 Miracle
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 115 spots since 2020 (#375 → #490)
- Biggest jump: 180 spots in 1995
- Biggest drop: 78 spots in 1998
Rise & fade · girls
59 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2019 at #366 (868 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,934
- Highest: 1 in 1,934 girls born in 2019 were named Miracle (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,665 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.6% of all girls named Miracle (7,653) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72 | #4,053 (1967) | #5,120 |
| 1970s | 187 | #2,273 (1979) | #4,117 |
| 1980s | 604 | #1,629 (1989) | #1,905 |
| 1990s | 2,418 | #555 (1997) | #968 |
| 2000s | 6,160 | #448 (2007) | #484 |
| 2010s | 7,653 | #366 (2019) | #414 |
| 2020s | 4,377 | #375 (2020) | #429 |
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.
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