Miri

Peak · girls
2022 · 50 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
871
since 1962

Miri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Miri has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,29647
2024#3,57543
2023#3,52544
2022#3,22050
2021#4,16734
2020#5,16824
2019#5,04126
2018#4,45831
2017#4,47731
2016#3,99637
2015#4,58430
2014#4,76829
2013#4,15635
2012#4,04737
2011#4,56831
2010#4,73530
2009#4,10737
2008#5,14228
2007#7,73316
2006#13,6067
2005#9,45211
2004#11,6248
2003#15,7845
2002#11,1088
2001#8,75811
2000#9,16310
1999#11,3857
1998#11,1387
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1994#8,8049
1993#8,05210
1992#9,4918
1991#11,5096
1990#11,4096
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1987#9,8256
1986#7,7498
1985#8,3187
1984#9,1446
1983#9,0156
1982#6,8889
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1980#5,91211
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1978#8,5626
1977#7,5677
1976#8,1566
1975#6,4848
1974#8,7755
1973#7,4356
1972#6,5587
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1970#7,9955
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1968#7,0165
1967#6,8045
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Miri! It came in at #6,578, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Miri is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMINew York: #628 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 3,013 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #572 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Miri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#572 · 1 in 2,731
  2. New York#628 · 1 in 3,013

Best ever in a state: #572 in New Jersey, 2025.

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New York#628261 in 3,013
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See more about Miri
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 279 spots since 2024 (#3,575 → #3,296)
  • 1,872 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #3,296)
  • 1,288 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #3,296)
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 2022 at #3,220 (50 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,803
  • Highest: 1 in 32,803 girls born in 2022 were named Miri (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 36.4% of all girls named Miri (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s15#6,578 (1962)#6,799
1970s50#6,484 (1975)#7,692
1980s53#5,912 (1980)#8,122
1990s53#8,052 (1993)#10,255
2000s141#4,107 (2009)#9,648
2010s317#3,996 (2016)#4,483
2020s242#3,220 (2022)#3,825

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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