Maranda
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Maranda is a name traditionally given to a girl of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Maranda Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 11,431 baby girls have been named Maranda. The name peaked in 1994 with 616 US births that year (rank #407). In 2024, ranked #16744 nationally — 16,337 places below its 1994 peak.
Top States for Maranda
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Maranda births are: Texas (937), Ohio (611), Georgia (518).
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7-Letter Names Starting with M
Names with Maranda's exact length and starting letter: Maarouf, Mabbina, Mabelle, Macaire, Macario.
Quick Facts About Maranda
US Popularity History (2000–2001)
Annual US births named Maranda by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 254 girls named Maranda (girl rank #868 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #927 for girls (240 US births). That's 59 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Maranda Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2001–2010 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Maranda the strongest states are Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2001–2010. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Maranda in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meranda | To Be The Superior One | Female | English |
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Compare Maranda to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Maranda against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).