Myriam

Where Myriam comes from

The dictionaries list Myriam as a given name — a female given name, variant of Miriam — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,634 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,668
    115 babies named Myriam — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,377.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Miriam.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Myriam hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.