Miri

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Miri: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,180, and it stood at #1,672 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1180highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#3409
2003	#2436
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#2019
2010	#2843
2011	#2636
2012	#2717
2013	#5742
2014	#1966
2015	#2945
2016	#2547
2017	#2502
2018	#1586
2019	#1703
2020	#1773
2021	#1692
2022	#1180
2023	#1640
2024	#1672

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1180 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Miri by decade in England and Wales · 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 Miri in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	47	8 of 10	6
2010s	107	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Miri 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 England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1180 in England and Wales in 2022.

Miri'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1180	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,180, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,672position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 births →

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.

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Mirjam · #230, 46y

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.

Raiyan · #1179, 25y
Alpha · #1178, 23y
Esmie · #1177, 21y
Millie-May · #1177, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Raiyan · #1179, 25y
Tobie · #1183, 29y
Clemence · #1184, 26y
Ellie-Marie · #1176, 23y

Miri 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 Miri without appearing here.

Miri moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #5666.
Lynette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #5666.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1586 and #5666.
Ellinor Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #2019 and #5556.

Moved ahead of Miri

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1966 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1836.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.
Ezra Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1180 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #1135.

Moved the opposite way to Miri

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Miri

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Miri went from #3126 to #1672 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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 England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1180 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Miri

Miri at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Miri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Miri and the names beside it

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Miri at a glance

Miri by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Miri appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Miri and the names beside it

Miri moved ahead of

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