Miriam
Miriam is ranked 251st among girls in 2024 (1,267 births). Its best rank was 134th, in 1917.
- Rank in 2024
- #251down 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2670.08% of girls
- Peak year
- 19241,834 births
- Best rank
- #134in 1917
- Since 1880
- 116,620people given the name
The story in the numbers
116,620 girls have been named Miriam in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 1,834 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 304 → 251).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Miriam | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 462 | |
| 1890s | 1,397 | |
| 1900s | 2,566 | |
| 1910s | 11,048 | |
| 1920s | 15,504 | |
| 1930s | 8,349 | |
| 1940s | 7,106 | |
| 1950s | 9,543 | |
| 1960s | 8,086 | |
| 1970s | 6,430 | |
| 1980s | 7,729 | |
| 1990s | 10,070 | |
| 2000s | 11,351 | |
| 2010s | 10,920 | |
| 2020s | 6,059 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Miriam was the 143rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Miriam
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eloisapeak 2024
- Rafaelapeak 2011
- Antoninapeak 1915
- Augustinapeak 1927
- Aileenpeak 2009
- Manuelapeak 1924
- Cleopatrapeak 1974
- Vivianpeak 1920
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.