Mirian
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEER-ee-an
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Mirian is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Mirian mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese variant of Miriam
Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron in the Bible.
Is Mirian a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirian is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Mirian, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had fewer girls named Mirian than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Mirian in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mirian in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 88 | #2,105 |
| 2004 | 83 | #2,152 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,844 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,071 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,841 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,218 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,772 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,840 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,157 |
| 1990 | 67 | #2,006 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,991 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 32 | #2,396 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,827 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Names like Mirian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madelyn, Molly, Abigail, Allison, Samantha, Gabrielle, Madison, Mia, Noemi, Michelle, Jessica, Bethany
Names related to Mirian
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Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mirian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirian, updated 20 October 2026.