How rare is the name Mirian?

8,298 people in the United States have the first name Mirian, about 1 in 36,398. It ranks #2,796 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIRIAN

#2,796

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,298
About
1 in 36,398
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,298 people named Mirian, 87.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8% as White and 3% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mirian peaked in 2003, when 100 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
100
In 2025*
12 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,391 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mirian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,462. The largest share of babies named Mirian, 32%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#4,59283
1920s#3,989162
1930s#5,86964
1940s#5,27892
1950s#3,887206
1960s#3,748263
1970s#4,325280
1980s#3,993395
1990s#3,462684
2000s#3,866808
2010s#9,614231
2020s#10,130123
Greatest Generation 1901–276.3%
Silent Generation 1928–454.2%
Baby boom 1946–6411.1%
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9625.6%
Generation Z 1997–1232%
2013 and later7.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mirian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mirian has been most common in California (5.5×), New York (2.4×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.7×).

1,584 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mirian

#2,794 Robbin · 8,301#2,795 Sarina · 8,299#2,797 Kami · 8,289#2,798 Isabell · 8,283

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mirian, most common first.

#524 Miriam · 107,719#14,042 Miran · 846#27,859 Miryan · 326#30,958 Miriana · 279

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