Mirinda

Girls' name

Wonderful

Mirinda has been given to 320 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1979, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Mirinda, 1998

1 in 735,000

Mirinda over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mirinda: meaning, origin, and history

Wonderful

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mirinda means

Mirinda means “wonderful”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mirinda is used in Esperanto.

Another recorded pronunciation is /mi.ˈrin.da/ for Mirinda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 320 girls were recorded with the name Mirinda between 1958 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1979; its best national rank was #3,213 in 1979.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Mirinda?

Mirinda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1998, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1998: 1 in 735,000; 5 of 3,677,189 births
Among girls only: 1 in 353,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1998: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 509,768 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mirinda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1998 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 509,768 children born in 1998 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mirinda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mirindas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mirinda was born before 1979 — so the typical Mirinda is around 46 today.

Median birth year: 1979; About 46 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 36.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 74.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 320; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 36.3% of all recorded uses (116).

Is Mirinda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1979 (26)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,213; 1979

Spellings of Mirinda

Mirinda is not the most common spelling — Melinda is, with 37.8% against Mirinda's 0.09%.

Melinda37.8%135,822
Miranda32.0%114,979
Marina11.0%39,514
Malinda6.0%21,464
Maranda3.2%11,436
Dorinda1.3%4,801
Lorinda1.3%4,682
Myranda1.3%4,650

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mirinda around the world

Where Mirinda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1972–1983
#686
in 1983

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mirinda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,213; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 26 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 320
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mirinda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Mirranda Mirenda Mironda Mirakle Mireyah Mirabel Mirielle Miraal Mirren Mirely Mirela Mirissa Mirannda Mirra Mireille Mirriam Mirai Miryam Mirelle Miraya Mirajane Miral Miray Rosenda

Sibling names for Mirinda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Bambi Shanika Latosha Adria Lani Lindy Shanta Charissa

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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