NameTides

Miriam

Miriam was the #246 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,262 babies), and #237 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Miriam as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Miriam as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandScotland
Miriam as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#246 (1,262)#237 (197)#474 (6)#397 (3)#273 (15)#377 (81)
2024#249 (1,279)#259 (186)#476 (6)#227 (7)#372 (10)#386 (78)
2023#249 (1,246)#241 (188)—#391 (3)#364 (10)#464 (63)
2022#261 (1,203)#230 (204)#625 (4)#354 (4)#317 (13)#428 (70)
2021#258 (1,193)#275 (172)#396 (8)—#430 (9)#429 (72)
2020#268 (1,151)#267 (178)——#275 (15)#334 (94)
2019#284 (1,165)#293 (166)#322 (11)#336 (4)#325 (13)#399 (81)
2018#300 (1,109)#306 (155)#502 (6)#361 (4)#512 (7)#451 (72)
2017#284 (1,152)#287 (171)#369 (9)—#579 (6)#376 (88)
2016#290 (1,122)#320 (156)#311 (12)—#359 (12)#488 (67)
2015#293 (1,106)#309 (156)#416 (8)—#378 (12)#444 (75)
2014#304 (1,075)#333 (137)#346 (11)#439 (3)#494 (8)#398 (84)
2013#285 (1,114)#355 (128)#663 (4)—#747 (4)#392 (83)
2012#305 (1,051)#357 (135)#467 (7)#451 (3)#560 (7)#408 (77)
2011#332 (947)#398 (115)#515 (6)#363 (4)#414 (11)#437 (74)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1917 at #134.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Miriam is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Miriam by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #220WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #246WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #325ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #39NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: #353ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #168INOhio: #210OHPennsylvania: #223PANew Jersey: #29NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #413CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #354CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #396VAMaryland: #283MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #262TNNorth Carolina: #360NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #448TXFlorida: #634FL
Miriam (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32716
Ontario2024#37234

Miriam (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MiriamCanadaGirls#37781
MiriamEngland & WalesGirls#237197
MiriamIrelandGirls#27315
MiriamNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
MiriamScotlandGirls#4746
MiriamUSGirls#2461,262
MiriamUSBoys—too few