Miriam
186
Babies in 2024
+36%
10-year change
2022
Peak · 204
-1%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Miriam
Miriam appears in the official UK girls' name list for 2024, ranked #259 with 186 girls registered in England & Wales.
Miriam reached its peak in 2022, when 204 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #230 for UK girls that year. Today's count is broadly in line with the peak.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 4,102 girls have been officially registered with the name Miriam in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,869 girls were registered with the name, starting from 137 in 2014 and ending at 186 in 2024.