Miriam

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #246in 2025
  • 1 in 1,273girls in 2025
  • +27%last ten years
  • 6.4×in New Jersey

Most popular in 1917, and up 27% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07471,49318801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Miriam, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880308
1881294
1882371
1883303
1884349
1885316
1886387
1887315
1888358
1889449
1890436
1891447
1892414
1893507
1894682
1895723
1896710
1897803
1898680
1899777
1900714
1901911
1902757
1903832
1904824
1905802
1906924
1907945
19081,023
1909976
1910928
19111,164
19121,229
19131,323
19141,288
19151,400
19161,398
19171,493
19181,475
19191,364
19201,455
19211,414
19221,365
19231,437
19241,469
19251,313
19261,275
19271,155
19281,084
1929962
1930934
1931816
1932847
1933905
1934783
1935755
1936739
1937707
1938696
1939649
1940643
1941592
1942523
1943507
1944535
1945514
1946445
1947426
1948411
1949414
1950491
1951484
1952491
1953482
1954539
1955525
1956518
1957465
1958495
1959472
1960520
1961470
1962504
1963465
1964450
1965427
1966394
1967397
1968398
1969365
1970375
1971417
1972377
1973404
1974408
1975460
1976422
1977430
1978400
1979475
1980470
1981480
1982480
1983442
1984467
1985434
1986442
1987436
1988413
1989440
1990518
1991540
1992573
1993566
1994576
1995557
1996575
1997539
1998563
1999590
2000640
2001598
2002624
2003612
2004654
2005645
2006610
2007596
2008583
2009587
2010611
2011538
2012597
2013635
2014602
2015620
2016633
2017667
2018652
2019694
2020712
2021727
2022733
2023777
2024789
2025785

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 6.4×
  2. New York 4.7×
  3. Nebraska 2.0×
  4. Indiana 1.5×
  5. Oregon 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,262
Rank in 2025
#246
How rare
1 in 1,273 girls
Since 1880
117,910

Most popular in 1917, at 1,493 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 27% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey6.4×537
New York4.7×861
Nebraska2.0×34
Indiana1.5×100
Oregon1.5×44

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.