Miriam
Rank in 2025
#246
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,262
girls 1,262
Peak year
1917
1,614 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
118,190
since 1880
Born a Miriam? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Miriam was most popular in 1917, when 1,614 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,262 babies were named Miriam, ranking #246 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,262 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,279 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,246 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,203 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,193 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,151 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,165 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,109 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,152 | 284 | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | 1,122 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,106 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,075 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,114 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,051 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 947 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,086 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,079 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,102 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,146 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,160 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,191 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,201 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,118 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,121 | 279 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 1,076 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,162 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,047 | 295 | 5 | 9912 |
| 1998 | 994 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 939 | 311 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 1,008 | 287 | 15 | 4185 |
| 1995 | 979 | 284 | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | 1,028 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 1,024 | 268 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 1,057 | 263 | 15 | 3920 |
| 1991 | 1,012 | 273 | 11 | 4760 |
| 1990 | 983 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 811 | 313 | 16 | 3446 |
| 1988 | 735 | 335 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 758 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 758 | 315 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 747 | 321 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 787 | 306 | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | 739 | 312 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 812 | 300 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 801 | 303 | 8 | 4509 |
| 1980 | 781 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 762 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 612 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 659 | 343 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 619 | 345 | 7 | 4418 |
| 1975 | 671 | 329 | 9 | 3659 |
| 1974 | 599 | 361 | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | 589 | 362 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 574 | 374 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 693 | 355 | 8 | 3658 |
| 1970 | 655 | 370 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 616 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 653 | 345 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 656 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 666 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 753 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 853 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 896 | 311 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 991 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 949 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,051 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 956 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 996 | 280 | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | 951 | 295 | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | 1,040 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,026 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,047 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 906 | 275 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 910 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 871 | 263 | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | 841 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 708 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 698 | 289 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 756 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 699 | 275 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 672 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 710 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 708 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 706 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 715 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 735 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 712 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 768 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 752 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 769 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 792 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 818 | 218 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 912 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 904 | 201 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 869 | 208 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1930 | 1,052 | 183 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 1,074 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 1,250 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 1,377 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 1,511 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 1,599 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 1,834 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 1,733 | 145 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 1,639 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,743 | 147 | 6 | 3869 |
| 1920 | 1,744 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 1,541 | 145 | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | 1,708 | 137 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | 1,614 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,460 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 1,377 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 981 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 826 | 146 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 686 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 487 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 368 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 339 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 342 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 301 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 273 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 234 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 227 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 218 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 200 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 218 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 214 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 181 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 176 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 188 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 169 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 169 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 152 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 108 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 88 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 83 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 83 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 80 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 64 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 46 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 56 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 42 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 45 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 34 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 40 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 27 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 28 | 294 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years