# Myriam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/myriam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,160 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,160 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 3,297 |
| 2012 | 40 | 3,895 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,895 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,335 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,962 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,497 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4,352 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,328 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,132 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,620 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,856 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,939 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,165 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,736 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,952 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Myriam

- Myriam Spiteri Debono, 11th president of the Republic of Malta
- Marie Myriam, French singer
- Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
- Myriam Soumaré, French athlete
- Myriam El Khomri, French politician
- Myriam Bru, French actress
- Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, French canoeist
- Myriam Sarachik, American physicist (1933–2021)
- Myriam Bregman, Argentine lawyer and politician
- Myriam Hernández, Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter
- Myriam Francois, British writer
- Myriam Boyer, French actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.