How rare is the name Myriam?

9,764 people in the United States have the first name Myriam, about 1 in 30,933. It ranks #2,502 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MYRIAM

#2,502

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,764
About
1 in 30,933
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,764 people named Myriam, 75% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% as White and 10.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Myriam peaked in 2003, when 115 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
115
In 2025*
27 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,160 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Myriam by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #3,318. The largest share of babies named Myriam, 30.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,03232
1920s#6,48970
1930s#7,53634
1940s#7,38742
1950s#3,956200
1960s#3,318328
1970s#3,703347
1980s#4,682314
1990s#4,021547
2000s#4,429668
2010s#6,772381
2020s#7,457197
Greatest Generation 1901–273%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6411.8%
Generation X 1965–8017.7%
Millennials 1981–9620.7%
Generation Z 1997–1230.5%
2013 and later14.4%

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 Myriam is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Myriam has been most common in New York (3.8×), Texas (3.7×), and California (3×), and least common in Illinois (0.43×).

1,576 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 Myriam

#2,500 Eloisa · 9,769#2,501 Aleksandr · 9,767#2,503 Larisa · 9,748#2,504 Ryann · 9,739

Spelled almost the same

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

#16,517 Myrian · 681#43,791 Myriame · 160

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