How Many People Are Named Miriam?
people named Miriam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,606 people in the US has this name
Based on 118,190 babies named Miriam in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,834 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Original Hebrew form of MARY. It is used in the Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of Moses and Aaron. She watched over the infant Moses as the pharaoh's daughter drew him from the Nile. The name has long been popular among Jews, and it has been used as an English Christian name since the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Miriam (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Miriam alive today is about 38 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Miriam first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 1,834 babies. In 2025, 1,262 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Miriam has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #134, in 1917. In 2025 it ranked #246.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #246 |
| Best rank | #134 (1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #156 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Miriam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Miriam were born in New York than in any other state: about 16,641 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Miriam was given 2.9 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in Pennsylvania.
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