Miriam
#246 for girls in 2025, 1,262 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 1,614 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 117,910since 1880
Miriam over time
Rank among girls' names. Miriam has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #246 | 1,262 | — | |
| 2024 | #249 | 1,279 | — | |
| 2023 | #249 | 1,246 | — | |
| 2022 | #261 | 1,203 | — | |
| 2021 | #258 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2020 | #268 | 1,151 | — | |
| 2019 | #284 | 1,165 | — | |
| 2018 | #300 | 1,109 | — | |
| 2017 | #284 | 1,152 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #290 | 1,122 | — | |
| 2015 | #293 | 1,106 | — | |
| 2014 | #304 | 1,075 | — | |
| 2013 | #285 | 1,114 | — | |
| 2012 | #305 | 1,051 | — | |
| 2011 | #332 | 947 | — | |
| 2010 | #300 | 1,086 | — | |
| 2009 | #306 | 1,079 | — | |
| 2008 | #301 | 1,102 | — | |
| 2007 | #294 | 1,146 | — | |
| 2006 | #286 | 1,160 | — | |
| 2005 | #279 | 1,191 | — | |
| 2004 | #271 | 1,201 | — | |
| 2003 | #278 | 1,118 | — | |
| 2002 | #279 | 1,121 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #292 | 1,076 | — | |
| 2000 | #278 | 1,162 | — | |
| 1999 | #295 | 1,047 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #306 | 994 | — | |
| 1997 | #311 | 939 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #287 | 1,008 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #284 | 979 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #272 | 1,028 | — | |
| 1993 | #268 | 1,024 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #263 | 1,057 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #273 | 1,012 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #283 | 983 | — | |
| 1989 | #313 | 811 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #335 | 735 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #320 | 758 | — | |
| 1986 | #315 | 758 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #321 | 747 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #306 | 787 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #312 | 739 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #300 | 812 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #303 | 801 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #309 | 781 | — | |
| 1979 | #313 | 762 | — | |
| 1978 | #352 | 612 | — | |
| 1977 | #343 | 659 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #345 | 619 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #329 | 671 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #361 | 599 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #362 | 589 | — | |
| 1972 | #374 | 574 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #355 | 693 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #370 | 655 | — | |
| 1969 | #375 | 616 | — | |
| 1968 | #345 | 653 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #350 | 656 | — | |
| 1966 | #348 | 666 | — | |
| 1965 | #327 | 753 | — | |
| 1964 | #320 | 853 | — | |
| 1963 | #311 | 896 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #292 | 991 | — | |
| 1961 | #299 | 949 | — | |
| 1960 | #281 | 1,051 | — | |
| 1959 | #293 | 956 | — | |
| 1958 | #280 | 996 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #295 | 951 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #264 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1955 | #264 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1954 | #255 | 1,047 | — | |
| 1953 | #275 | 906 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #264 | 910 | — | |
| 1951 | #263 | 871 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #264 | 841 | — | |
| 1949 | #290 | 708 | — | |
| 1948 | #289 | 698 | — | |
| 1947 | #281 | 756 | — | |
| 1946 | #275 | 699 | — | |
| 1945 | #260 | 672 | — | |
| 1944 | #257 | 710 | — | |
| 1943 | #262 | 708 | — | |
| 1942 | #259 | 706 | — | |
| 1941 | #242 | 715 | — | |
| 1940 | #231 | 735 | — | |
| 1939 | #231 | 712 | — | |
| 1938 | #220 | 768 | — | |
| 1937 | #221 | 752 | — | |
| 1936 | #213 | 769 | — | |
| 1935 | #216 | 792 | — | |
| 1934 | #218 | 818 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #186 | 912 | — | |
| 1932 | #201 | 904 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #208 | 869 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #183 | 1,052 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #184 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1928 | #168 | 1,250 | — | |
| 1927 | #162 | 1,377 | — | |
| 1926 | #155 | 1,511 | — | |
| 1925 | #154 | 1,599 | — | |
| 1924 | #143 | 1,834 | — | |
| 1923 | #145 | 1,733 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #151 | 1,639 | — | |
| 1921 | #147 | 1,743 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #140 | 1,744 | — | |
| 1919 | #145 | 1,541 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #137 | 1,708 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #134 | 1,614 | — | |
| 1916 | #140 | 1,460 | — | |
| 1915 | #138 | 1,377 | — | |
| 1914 | #149 | 981 | — | |
| 1913 | #146 | 826 | — | |
| 1912 | #159 | 686 | — | |
| 1911 | #164 | 487 | — | |
| 1910 | #186 | 368 | — | |
| 1909 | #176 | 339 | — | |
| 1908 | #174 | 342 | — | |
| 1907 | #183 | 301 | — | |
| 1906 | #182 | 273 | — | |
| 1905 | #200 | 234 | — | |
| 1904 | #199 | 227 | — | |
| 1903 | #192 | 218 | — | |
| 1902 | #209 | 200 | — | |
| 1901 | #189 | 218 | — | |
| 1900 | #214 | 214 | — | |
| 1899 | #205 | 181 | — | |
| 1898 | #218 | 176 | — | |
| 1897 | #201 | 188 | — | |
| 1896 | #211 | 169 | — | |
| 1895 | #206 | 169 | — | |
| 1894 | #214 | 152 | — | |
| 1893 | #254 | 108 | — | |
| 1892 | #285 | 88 | — | |
| 1891 | #271 | 83 | — | |
| 1890 | #273 | 83 | — | |
| 1889 | #262 | 80 | — | |
| 1888 | #295 | 64 | — | |
| 1887 | #314 | 46 | — | |
| 1886 | #277 | 56 | — | |
| 1885 | #313 | 42 | — | |
| 1884 | #285 | 45 | — | |
| 1883 | #300 | 34 | — | |
| 1882 | #278 | 40 | — | |
| 1881 | #301 | 27 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Miriam was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 41 girls a year got the name.
See more about Miriam
- 3 spots since 2024 (#249 → #246)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#268 → #246)
- 47 spots since 2015 (#293 → #246)
- Biggest jump: 40 spots in 1894 (#254 → #214)
- Biggest drop: 37 spots in 1887 (#277 → #314)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #134 (1,614 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 670 girls born in 1917 were named Miriam (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,274 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 13.1% of all girls named Miriam (15,504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 462 | #262 (1889) | #292 |
| 1890s | 1,397 | #201 (1897) | #234 |
| 1900s | 2,566 | #174 (1908) | #192 |
| 1910s | 11,048 | #134 (1917) | #150 |
| 1920s | 15,504 | #140 (1920) | #155 |
| 1930s | 8,348 | #183 (1930) | #210 |
| 1940s | 7,107 | #231 (1940) | #265 |
| 1950s | 9,544 | #255 (1954) | #272 |
| 1960s | 8,084 | #281 (1960) | #325 |
| 1970s | 6,433 | #313 (1979) | #350 |
| 1980s | 7,729 | #300 (1982) | #313 |
| 1990s | 10,071 | #263 (1992) | #284 |
| 2000s | 11,356 | #271 (2004) | #286 |
| 2010s | 10,927 | #284 (2019) | #298 |
| 2020s | 7,334 | #246 (2025) | #255 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Miriam in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 2,068 of them was named Miriam, which outranked 95.8% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 376,567 of them was named Miriam, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 539 names at #3,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.