Miriam

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1999 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2009 with 1,401 babies (rank #43 that year). In 2024 it was given to 638 girls (rank #59). The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

27,836

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

1,401

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Bible: Miriam — sister of Moses

Famous people named Miriam

Miriam Makebarecording artist · b. 1932
Miriamprophet · b. 1399 BC
Miriam Hopkinsfilm actor · b. 1902
Miriam Margolyesfilm actor · b. 1941
Miriam Rodríguez MartínezQ135470931 · b. 1960

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1999	934	#55
2000	1,016	#53
2001	995	#54
2002	1,047	#51
2003	937	#55
2004	910	#57
2005	1,054	#52
2006	1,148	#47
2007	1,152	#47
2008	1,297	#46
2009	1,401	#43
2010	1,342	#42
2011	1,387	#41
2012	1,379	#38
2013	1,342	#38
2014	1,324	#38
2015	1,240	#37
2016	1,149	#38
2017	1,059	#40
2018	1,030	#41
2019	904	#47
2020	880	#45
2021	842	#47
2022	687	#58
2023	692	#54
2024	638	#59