Mirjam

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mirjam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mirjam: Recorded since 1952, it reached #230 in 1975, and it was last ranked in 2009.

1registrar recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#230highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1952–2009

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1952	#394
1953	#428
1954	#404
1960	#302
1963	#435
1964	#486
1966	#485
1967	#398
1968	#561
1969	#328
1970	#456
1971	#340
1972	#318
1973	#349
1974	#324
1975	#230
1976	#273
1977	#379
1978	#356
1979	#275
1980	#286
1981	#304
1982	#352
1983	#305
1984	#292
1985	#310
1986	#484
1987	#538
1988	#375
1989	#357
1990	#621
1991	#563
1992	#391
1993	#427
1994	#393
1995	#423
1996	#497
1997	#621
1998	#439
2000	#474
2001	#506
2002	#469
2003	#469
2004	#457
2005	#612
2009	#611

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 58 years from 1952 to 2009.

Official data for Norway, 1952–2009 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #394 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2009
Highest recorded position: #230 among girls in Norway, in 1975 (recorded 1952–2009).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #611 among girls in Norway, in 2009.
Norway · Girls

Mirjam by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mirjam in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	14	3 of 10	5
1960s	49	7 of 10	7
1970sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
1980s	127	10 of 10	13
1990s	69	9 of 10	8
2000s	42	7 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mirjam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1952 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1975.

Mirjam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2009	Norway	female	#611	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#457	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#469	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#469	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#474	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#621	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#423	9	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#393	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#427	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#391	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#563	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#621	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#357	13	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#375	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#538	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#484	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#310	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#292	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#305	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#352	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#304	14	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#286	16	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#275	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#356	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#379	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#273	16	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#230	20	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#324	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#318	13	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#340	11	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#456	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#561	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#398	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#485	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#486	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#435	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#302	10	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#404	5	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#394	5	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1952 and 2009, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #230, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Norway in 1975.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Miri · #1180, 26y
Miriam · #53, 70y
Miro · #2443, 18y
Miron · #509, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fridtjof · #230, 49y
Idunn · #233, 43y
Lars-Erik · #223, 44y
Synøve · #222, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Tatjana · #230, 47y
Julius · #231, 55y
Torben · #231, 60y
Matthias · #232, 60y

Mirjam was ranked #230 in Norway · Girls in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mirjam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mirjam without appearing here.

Mirjam moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1982 they stood at #352 and #311 in Norway · Girls; by 1983 that had become #305 and #535.
Unni Compare
In 1999 they stood at #621 and #591 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #474 and #638.
Torill Compare
In 2003 they stood at #621 and #534 in Norway · Girls; by 2004 that had become #457 and #599.
Grethe Compare
In 2002 they stood at #506 and #492 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #469 and #594.

Moved ahead of Mirjam

Zara Compare
In 2004 they stood at #457 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #612 and #323.
Hedda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #310 and #355 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #484 and #202.
Tina Compare
In 1962 they stood at #302 and #308 in Norway · Girls; by 1963 that had become #435 and #157.
Nicole Compare
In 1989 they stood at #357 and #400 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #621 and #353.

Moved the opposite way to Mirjam

Ada Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 while Ada went from #217 to #67.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 while Alexandra went from #400 to #75.
Andrea Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 while Andrea went from #401 to #28.
Anna Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 while Anna went from #62 to #8.

Moved the same way as Mirjam

Anette Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 and Anette from #218 to #368.
Anita Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 and Anita from #90 to #347.
Ann Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 and Ann from #47 to #305.
Anne Compare
Between 1952 and 2009 in Norway · Girls, Mirjam went from #394 to #611 and Anne from #1 to #97.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1952 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #230 in Norway in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mirjam

Mirjam at a glance

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Mirjam by decade in Norway · Girls

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Mirjam at a glance

Mirjam by decade in Norway · Girls

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