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 1953 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 263 babies (rank #77 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

5,460
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
263
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195345#280
195447#273
195542#305
195649#281
195749#280
195850#282
195966#234
196064#238
196180#210
196288#195
196391#197
196499#181
1965128#143
1966168#114
1967181#108
1968193#108
1969253#88
1970248#92
1971263#77
1972199#95
1973172#102
1974153#108
1975160#101
1976117#137
1977178#98
1978155#113
1979148#110
1980139#120
1981124#133
1982122#136
1983129#134
1984108#155
1985104#166
198685#202
198793#181
198881#201
198980#207
199077#212
199167#241
199266#245
199359#267
199459#256
199555#276
199642#334
199746#320
199849#299
199952#279
200049#300
200141#329
200233#398
200335#371
200422#493
200524#445
200619#510
200725#423
200820#495
200914#588
201010#690
201117#500
201212#586
20138#708
20148#699