Miriam

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: French

Meaning

Miriam is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam. Spelling variants include French Myriam, German Mirjam, Mirijam; hypocoristic forms include Mira, Miri and Mimi.

From Wikipedia

Miriam first appears in the data in 1980 and has been recorded in 30 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1980 with 1,884 babies (rank #24 that year). It was not in the 2024 data.

Numerology of Miriam

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Miriam yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

47,985
Total babies (all years)
30
Years in the data
1,884
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19801,884#24
19811,884#24
19821,884#24
19831,883#24
19841,883#24
19851,883#24
19861,883#24
19871,883#24
19881,883#24
19891,883#24
19901,794#20
19911,794#20
19921,794#20
19931,794#20
19941,794#20
19951,794#20
19961,794#20
19971,793#20
19981,793#20
19991,793#20
20001,122#38
20011,122#38
20021,122#37
20031,122#37
20041,122#37
20051,121#38
20061,121#38
20071,121#38
20081,121#38
20091,121#38