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How popular is “Miriam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Miriam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Miriam” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Miriam” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Miriam” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Miriam” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Miriam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Miriam” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 28 0.000138969 28 100%
1881 27 0.000140123 27 100%
1882 40 0.00018056 40 100%
1883 34 0.000156721 34 100%
1884 45 0.000184835 45 100%
1885 42 0.00017438 42 100%
1886 56 0.000219336 56 100%
1887 46 0.00018594 46 100%
1888 64 0.000213708 64 100%
1889 80 0.000276868 80 100%
1890 83 0.000275381 83 100%
1891 83 0.000289528 83 100%
1892 88 0.000263178 88 100%
1893 108 0.00033208 108 100%
1894 152 0.000448788 152 100%
1895 169 0.000481454 169 100%
1896 169 0.000472748 169 100%
1897 188 0.000541854 188 100%
1898 176 0.000461391 176 100%
1899 181 0.000533555 181 100%
1900 214 0.000475283 214 100%
1901 218 0.0006304 218 100%
1902 200 0.000517153 200 100%
1903 218 0.000571878 218 100%
1904 227 0.000562598 227 100%
1905 234 0.000551988 234 100%
1906 273 0.000637179 273 100%
1907 301 0.000646769 301 100%
1908 342 0.000699889 342 100%
1909 339 0.000663114 339 100%
1910 368 0.000622978 368 100%
1911 487 0.000755885 487 100%
1912 686 0.000694288 686 100%
1913 826 0.000726403 826 100%
1914 981 0.000692628 981 100%
1915 1377 0.000751463 1377 100%
1916 1460 0.000754749 1460 100%
1917 1614 0.000804286 1614 100%
1918 1714 0.000789458 1708 6 99%
1919 1549 0.000734038 1541 8 99%
1920 1744 0.00077078 1744 100%
1921 1749 0.000749195 1743 6 99%
1922 1639 0.000715984 1639 100%
1923 1741 0.000756141 1733 8 99%
1924 1834 0.000770067 1834 100%
1925 1600 0.000685723 1600 100%
1926 1510 0.000657693 1510 100%
1927 1377 0.000593699 1377 100%
1928 1250 0.000552868 1250 100%
1929 1074 0.000489928 1074 100%
1930 1057 0.000475422 1052 5 99%
1931 876 0.000416273 869 7 98%
1932 914 0.00043291 904 10 98%
1933 912 0.000456126 912 100%
1934 824 0.000396761 818 6 99%
1935 792 0.000378965 792 100%
1936 769 0.000370143 769 100%
1937 752 0.000352941 752 100%
1938 768 0.000347107 768 100%
1939 713 0.000323585 713 100%
1940 734 0.000318758 734 100%
1941 715 0.000293463 715 100%
1942 706 0.000258436 706 100%
1943 708 0.000250836 708 100%
1944 710 0.000263933 710 100%
1945 672 0.000253307 672 100%
1946 699 0.000218758 699 100%
1947 756 0.000209865 756 100%
1948 698 0.000202171 698 100%
1949 708 0.000203169 708 100%
1950 841 0.000240055 841 100%
1951 876 0.000237802 871 5 99%
1952 910 0.000239599 910 100%
1953 913 0.000236919 906 7 98%
1954 1047 0.000263019 1047 100%
1955 1025 0.000255288 1025 100%
1956 1040 0.000252241 1040 100%
1957 958 0.000227979 951 7 99%
1958 1003 0.000242628 996 7 99%
1959 956 0.000229919 956 100%
1960 1051 0.00025302 1051 100%
1961 949 0.0002291 949 100%
1962 992 0.000245826 992 100%
1963 900 0.000227376 895 5 99%
1964 853 0.000219415 853 100%
1965 754 0.000207974 754 100%
1966 667 0.000191906 667 100%
1967 656 0.000193231 656 100%
1968 659 0.000195062 653 6 98%
1969 616 0.00017725 616 100%
1970 655 0.000181616 655 100%
1971 701 0.000204233 693 8 98%
1972 577 0.000183583 572 5 98%
1973 589 0.000195234 589 100%
1974 606 0.000199342 598 8 97%
1975 680 0.000225211 671 9 97%
1976 626 0.000206308 619 7 98%
1977 664 0.000209035 659 5 98%
1978 612 0.000192825 612 100%
1979 762 0.000229035 762 100%
1980 781 0.000226738 781 100%
1981 809 0.000233857 801 8 98%
1982 818 0.000233184 812 6 99%
1983 746 0.000215399 739 7 98%
1984 794 0.000227588 787 7 98%
1985 755 0.000211537 747 8 98%
1986 765 0.000215064 758 7 98%
1987 758 0.000210228 758 100%
1988 740 0.000200268 735 5 99%
1989 827 0.000215115 811 16 96%
1990 983 0.000248705 983 100%
1991 1023 0.000262627 1012 11 98%
1992 1072 0.000279074 1057 15 97%
1993 1031 0.000273455 1024 7 99%
1994 1027 0.00027625 1027 100%
1995 987 0.000269513 979 8 98%
1996 1023 0.00028049 1008 15 97%
1997 948 0.000261463 939 9 98%
1998 994 0.00027024 994 100%
1999 1052 0.000284796 1047 5 99%
2000 1162 0.000307415 1162 100%
2001 1076 0.00028744 1076 100%
2002 1126 0.000301207 1121 5 99%
2003 1116 0.000293505 1116 100%
2004 1199 0.000313799 1199 100%
2005 1191 0.000309765 1191 100%
2006 1160 0.000293211 1160 100%
2007 1146 0.000286666 1146 100%
2008 1101 0.000280105 1101 100%
2009 1079 0.000282448 1079 100%
2010 1086 0.000293852 1086 100%
2011 947 0.000258899 947 100%
2012 1050 0.000287092 1050 100%
2013 1112 0.00030502 1112 100%
2014 1072 0.000289231 1072 100%
2015 1106 0.000298845 1106 100%
2016 1122 0.000305831 1122 100%
2017 1157 0.000323528 1151 6 99%
2018 1109 0.000315424 1109 100%
2019 1165 0.000335645 1165 100%
2020 1151 0.000344551 1151 100%
2021 1193 0.00035213 1193 100%
2022 1202 0.000355292 1202 100%
2023 1246 0.000376299 1246 100%
2024 1267 0.000380652 1267 100%

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