Girls' name · peaked in 2019
Miracle name popularity since 1925
22,006 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Miracle (97.6% girls, 2.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Miracle is about 14 years old in 2026. Miracle peaked in 2019 as the #367 name for girls, and it ranked #492 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,006
- Named Miracle, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #492
- for girls in 2025 (603 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 97.6% girls
- 21,471 girls · 535 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Miracle made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Miracle births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2016. Measured as a share of all babies, Miracle peaked in 2019.
- Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Miracle became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 13,100 baby girls to 1 in 4,140.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Miracle's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Miracle.
Decade by decade
Babies named Miracle in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 72 | 0 | #4,723 |
| 1970s | 187 | 0 | #3,883 |
| 1980s | 604 | 0 | #1,966 |
| 1990s | 2,418 | 64 | #864 |
| 2000s | 6,160 | 106 | #459 |
| 2010s | 7,653 | 177 | #413 |
| 2020–25 | 4,377 | 188 | #492 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.3% of babies named Miracle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Miracle is most popular
The index compares Miracle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Miracle.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.99× | 1,641 |
| Mississippi | 2.56× | 616 |
| South Carolina | 2.33× | 648 |
| Louisiana | 2.31× | 823 |
| Florida | 2.08× | 1,493 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Miracle and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Miracle (this page) | 21,471 | 2019 |
| Myracle | 1,358 | 2019 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Miracle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Miracle.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Miracle (2019).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data