Miriam Girl
How popular is Miriam?
#246 girl name in 2025
1,262 baby girls were named Miriam in the US in 2025, making it the 246th most popular girl name.
Miriam popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #246 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,262 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #293 in 2015, #268 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (1,834 girls) |
| Highest rank | #134 in 1917 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Miriam counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Miriam family of names ranked #260 for girls in 2025 (#248 the year before), with 1,302 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miriam | 1,262 | 97% |
| Myriam | 27 | 2% |
| Miryam | 13 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Miriam is most popular
Babies named Miriam per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 4.8 per 1,000 (869 girls)
- New York: 3.7 per 1,000 (1,463 girls)
- Indiana: 1.2 per 1,000 (166 girls)
- Nebraska: 1.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 1.1 per 1,000 (252 girls)
Miriam by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 462 | #262 |
| 1890s | 1,397 | #201 |
| 1900s | 2,566 | #174 |
| 1910s | 11,048 | #134 |
| 1920s | 15,504 | #140 |
| 1930s | 8,348 | #183 |
| 1940s | 7,107 | #231 |
| 1950s | 9,544 | #255 |
| 1960s | 8,084 | #281 |
| 1970s | 6,433 | #313 |
| 1980s | 7,729 | #300 |
| 1990s | 10,071 | #263 |
| 2000s | 11,356 | #271 |
| 2010s | 10,927 | #284 |
| 2020s | 7,334 | #246 |
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Questions
- Is Miriam a boy or girl name?
- Miriam is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Miriam were girls.
- How popular is the name Miriam?
- 1,262 baby girls were named Miriam in the US in 2025, making it the 246th most popular girl name.
- When was Miriam most popular?
- Miriam peaked in 1924, when 1,834 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #134 in 1917.
- How many people are named Miriam?
- 118,190 babies have been named Miriam in the US since 1880. We estimate about 75,387 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Miriam most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Miriam was most common in New Jersey, at 4.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.