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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1924 with 1,834 babies (rank #143 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,267 girls (rank #251). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

116,900

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,834

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
1880	28	#303
1881	27	#307
1882	40	#283
1883	34	#304
1884	45	#289
1885	42	#316
1886	56	#279
1887	46	#315
1888	64	#295
1889	80	#265
1890	83	#275
1891	83	#272
1892	88	#286
1893	108	#255
1894	152	#216
1895	169	#206
1896	169	#212
1897	188	#201
1898	176	#219
1899	181	#206
1900	214	#214
1901	218	#189
1902	200	#209
1903	218	#193
1904	227	#199
1905	234	#200
1906	273	#183
1907	301	#183
1908	342	#174
1909	339	#176
1910	368	#186
1911	487	#164
1912	686	#159
1913	826	#146
1914	981	#149
1915	1,377	#138
1916	1,460	#140
1917	1,614	#134
1918	1,708	#138
1919	1,541	#145
1920	1,744	#140
1921	1,743	#147
1922	1,639	#151
1923	1,733	#145
1924	1,834	#143
1925	1,600	#154
1926	1,510	#155
1927	1,377	#162
1928	1,250	#168
1929	1,074	#185
1930	1,052	#183
1931	869	#208
1932	904	#201
1933	912	#186
1934	818	#218
1935	792	#216
1936	769	#213
1937	752	#221
1938	768	#220
1939	713	#231
1940	734	#231
1941	715	#243
1942	706	#260
1943	708	#262
1944	710	#257
1945	672	#260
1946	699	#275
1947	756	#281
1948	698	#289
1949	708	#290
1950	841	#264
1951	871	#263
1952	910	#264
1953	906	#275
1954	1,047	#255
1955	1,025	#264
1956	1,040	#264
1957	951	#295
1958	996	#280
1959	956	#293
1960	1,051	#281
1961	949	#299
1962	992	#292
1963	895	#311
1964	853	#320
1965	754	#327
1966	667	#348
1967	656	#350
1968	653	#345
1969	616	#375
1970	655	#370
1971	693	#355
1972	572	#375
1973	589	#362
1974	598	#361
1975	671	#330
1976	619	#345
1977	659	#343
1978	612	#352
1979	762	#314
1980	781	#310
1981	801	#303
1982	812	#301
1983	739	#312
1984	787	#306
1985	747	#321
1986	758	#316
1987	758	#321
1988	735	#335
1989	811	#313
1990	983	#284
1991	1,012	#273
1992	1,057	#263
1993	1,024	#268
1994	1,027	#272
1995	979	#285
1996	1,008	#287
1997	939	#311
1998	994	#306
1999	1,047	#295
2000	1,162	#278
2001	1,076	#292
2002	1,121	#279
2003	1,116	#280
2004	1,199	#272
2005	1,191	#280
2006	1,160	#286
2007	1,146	#294
2008	1,101	#302
2009	1,079	#306
2010	1,086	#300
2011	947	#332
2012	1,050	#305
2013	1,112	#286
2014	1,072	#304
2015	1,106	#293
2016	1,122	#290
2017	1,151	#284
2018	1,109	#300
2019	1,165	#285
2020	1,151	#268
2021	1,193	#258
2022	1,202	#262
2023	1,246	#248
2024	1,267	#251