Mirriam — girls' name
196 babies named Mirriam in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Mirriam was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Mirriam in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mirriam
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Mirriam between 1917 and 2013, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mirriam currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mirriam performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mirriam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mirriam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mirriam 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 196 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.
Mirriam at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mirriam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1917
- Peak year (1923)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
196 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 11 births in a single year.
Mirriam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 52 births that decade — 27% of Mirriam's all-time total
Mirriam decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mirriam's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Mirriam by state
Where Mirriam concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.1% |
6 of 196 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.