Myriam

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

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

Myriam first appears in the data in 1912 and has been recorded in 101 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 115 babies (rank #1,671 that year). In 2024 it was given to 28 girls (rank #4,837). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Myriam

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

3,131
Total babies (all years)
101
Years in the data
115
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
19126#2,874
19135#3,548
19178#3,612
19188#3,762
19195#5,346
192015#2,438
19217#4,324
19226#4,853
19238#3,871
19248#3,901
19258#3,930
19266#4,677
19275#5,379
19297#3,940
19308#3,565
19315#4,785
19335#4,678
19355#4,702
19385#4,799
19396#4,118
19418#3,476
19435#5,163
19446#4,406
19466#4,813
19487#4,505
194910#3,549
195013#2,999
195119#2,368
195215#2,887
195332#1,771
195422#2,352
195517#2,805
195623#2,363
195714#3,254
195823#2,433
195922#2,498
196032#2,046
196123#2,587
196234#2,012
196334#2,047
196427#2,392
196541#1,790
196635#1,972
196727#2,361
196840#1,899
196935#2,161
197037#2,190
197143#1,992
197233#2,298
197337#2,156
197428#2,660
197544#2,012
197634#2,421
197728#2,888
197832#2,659
197931#2,835
198034#2,731
198137#2,551
198223#3,609
198336#2,539
198421#3,830
198536#2,684
198626#3,425
198739#2,604
198832#3,136
198930#3,454
199041#2,834
199151#2,476
199254#2,420
199361#2,189
199455#2,371
199558#2,302
199653#2,443
199758#2,323
199847#2,832
199969#2,195
200059#2,562
200158#2,622
200283#2,073
2003115#1,671
200473#2,362
200559#2,816
200661#2,876
200761#2,952
200849#3,409
200950#3,341
201031#4,700
201150#3,296
201240#3,893
201339#3,894
201434#4,335
201538#3,962
201632#4,497
201733#4,351
201848#3,326
201935#4,129
202029#4,620
202139#3,854
202238#3,937
202335#4,163
202428#4,837