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Baby name
Miranda
Girl
Origin of the name
Miranda comes from the Latin mirandus, “admirable.” It is the name of Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Short-lived name
114,979births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 57rank at its peak, in 1995
Where babies named Miranda are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Miranda is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Miranda is most common in New Mexico (1.9 times), Alaska (1.8) and South Dakota (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
Mariah · Marissa · Briana · Angelica · Alexandria · Breanna
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