Meaning and history
Míriam is a form of Mary used in the Old Testament for the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, who watched over the infant Moses as Pharaoh’s daughter drew him from the Nile. The name has long been popular among Jews and has also been used as an English Christian name, alongside Mary, since the Protestant Reformation.
20062006: 1,160 births, rank #286
2007: 1,146 births, rank #294
2008: 1,102 births, rank #301
2009: 1,079 births, rank #306
2010: 1,086 births, rank #300
20112011: 947 births, rank #332
2012: 1,051 births, rank #305
2013: 1,114 births, rank #285
2014: 1,075 births, rank #304
2015: 1,106 births, rank #293
20162016: 1,122 births, rank #290
2017: 1,152 births, rank #284
2018: 1,109 births, rank #300
2019: 1,165 births, rank #284
2020: 1,151 births, rank #268
20212021: 1,193 births, rank #258
2022: 1,203 births, rank #261
2023: 1,246 births, rank #249
2024: 1,279 births, rank #249
20252025: 1,262 births, rank #246
Miriam rose from #249 to #246 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 1,834 births.