Miriah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Miriah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,836 babies named Miriah between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Miriah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Miriah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 986 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Miriah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Miriah in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Miriah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,836 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.