Miryam

girls:

871 births since 1954

#4845 (15th percentile)

overall:

871 births since 1954

#6868 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Miryam is the #6,868 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 871 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,845 (15.2% percentile) for all time with 871 births since 1954.

Miryam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (first recorded for girls in 1954). Birth data for Miryam is available in 57 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Miryam reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #819) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Miryam ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 57.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miryam".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
871
Peak Births
31
Peak Year
1994
First Recorded
1954
Peak Percentile
3.1%
Current Percentile
1.2%
Peak Rank
#819
Current Rank
#936
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Miryam

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Miryam. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 55.3% confident that Miryam is pronounced as MIHR-yuhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-ree-uhm, at 34.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

MIHR-yuhm (2 syllables)
55.3% confidence
M IH1 R Y AH0 M
MIH-ree-uhm (3 syllables)
34.2% confidence
M IH1 R IY0 AH0 M
MEAR-yuhm (2 syllables)
10.5% confidence
M IY1 R Y AH0 M

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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