girls:
20.1k births since 1960
#1027 (82nd percentile)
boys:
466 births since 1993
#4120 (10th percentile)
overall:
20.6k births since 1960
#1785 (77th percentile)
The name Miracle is the #1,785 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,614 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 76.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,027 (82.0% percentile) for all time with 20,148 births since 1960. For boys, it ranks #4,120 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 466 births since 1993.
Miracle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (1960 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Miracle is available in 63 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023 (63 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Miracle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Miracle reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 64.4% percentile (ranked #341) with 452 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 472 births per million (ranked 64.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Miracle ranks #400 for girls (57.8% percentile) with 404 births per million, which is 85.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Miracle reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #901) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Miracle ranks #886 for boys (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 90.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miracle".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Miracle is pronounced as MIH-ruh-kuhl, which has 3 syllables.
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