Girls' name · since 1962
Miri
Miri has 871 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 871
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Miri currently ranks #3311 among girls' names in America, with 871 babies recorded since 1962.
Miri has 871 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3311 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #8,259 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,311 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 871 born since 1962
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miri ranks #8,259 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,311 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 871 born since 1962, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,259 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 871
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Miri's 871 recorded births place it above 88.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Miri compares
871 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Miri's all-time total is 132% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 871 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Miri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Miri's full recorded timeline at 2000, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Miri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Miri by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (317 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Miri's strongest decade.
317 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Miri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 53
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
317 births
- 2020s
2020s
242 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 317 births (36% of all-time use).
How Miri compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Miri's total volume
Miri by state
Where Miri concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 348 | 40.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 57 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.3% |
348 of 871 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Miri's data
- Miri's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (317 total births) through the 2020s (242) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Miris (348 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Miri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Miri draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.