Myriam

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Myriam: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #905, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#905highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#2746
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#4598
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2010	#2843
2011	#2893
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2017	#2706
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#5669
2023	#3218
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5669 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Myriam 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 Myriam in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	50	9 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	68	10 of 10	7
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Myriam appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Myriam'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #905, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Emerald · #905, 29y
Maymunah · #905, 27y
Senna · #905, 26y
Clea · #907, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Emerald · #905, 29y
Lenka · #905, 20y
Maymunah · #905, 27y
Senna · #905, 26y

Myriam was ranked #905 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Myriam 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 Myriam without appearing here.

Myriam moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #5765.
Ronny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Myriam

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #3970.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3318.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Myriam

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #2444 to #4843 while Blake went from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #2444 to #4843 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #2444 to #4843 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #2783 to #4843 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

Moved the same way as Myriam

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #2746 to #4843 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Myriam went from #3409 to #4843 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Myriam

Myriam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Myriam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Myriam appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Myriam at a glance

Myriam by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Myriam

Myriam and the names beside it

Myriam moved ahead of

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