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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 161 babies (rank #245 that year). It was not in the 2024 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 — 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.

2,682

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

161

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
1996	161	#245
1997	124	#294
1998	126	#294
1999	102	#327
2000	127	#294
2001	103	#342
2002	98	#360
2003	114	#334
2004	118	#330
2005	125	#326
2006	127	#342
2007	133	#330
2008	133	#340
2009	122	#358
2010	142	#332
2011	115	#399
2012	135	#359
2013	128	#357
2014	137	#335
2015	156	#309
2016	156	#321