girl's name

Meranda

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 2,993

Meranda is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2013 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 186 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1957.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Meranda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2013, not a full ten years.

1,431
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Meranda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 7
1960s 22
1970s 328
1980s 654
1990s 1,431
2000s 411
2010s (to 2013) 48

How popular is Meranda?

In 2013, Meranda was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Meranda is used

Canada #2,674 6 in 2004
United States #10,830 10 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Meranda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Meranda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Meranda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Meranda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Meranda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Meranda

How popular is the name Meranda?

In 2013, Meranda was given to 10 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Meranda a girl's or a boy's name?

Meranda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Meranda?

Meranda has 3 syllables.

When was Meranda most popular?

Meranda peaked in 1994, when 186 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.