Miriah
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 201 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,836since 1973
Miriah over time
Rank among girls' names. Miriah has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,131 | 37 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #3,020 | 46 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,048 | 72 |
| 1997 | #1,816 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 |
| 1995 | #1,669 | 88 |
| 1994 | #1,565 | 98 |
| 1993 | #1,374 | 119 |
| 1992 | #1,188 | 147 |
| 1991 | #946 | 201 |
| 1990 | #2,081 | 63 |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Miriah! It came in at #6,080, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2018–2019, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Miriah is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#295 · 1 in 1,735
- New Mexico#338 · 1 in 1,563
- Minnesota#433 · 1 in 3,435
- Missouri#518 · 1 in 4,060
- Maryland#523 · 1 in 3,945
Best ever in a state: #170 in North Dakota, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #295 | 12 | 1 in 1,735 |
| New Mexico | #338 | 6 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Minnesota | #433 | 8 | 1 in 3,435 |
| Missouri | #518 | 8 | 1 in 4,060 |
| Maryland | #523 | 7 | 1 in 3,945 |
| Massachusetts | #545 | 8 | 1 in 4,539 |
| Washington | #556 | 8 | 1 in 3,867 |
| Wisconsin | #625 | 5 | 1 in 5,691 |
| Ohio | #633 | 12 | 1 in 5,848 |
| Indiana | #674 | 6 | 1 in 5,804 |
| Illinois | #687 | 14 | 1 in 5,538 |
| Arizona | #745 | 5 | 1 in 5,160 |
| Michigan | #888 | 7 | 1 in 8,628 |
| Pennsylvania | #922 | 7 | 1 in 10,144 |
| Georgia | #959 | 5 | 1 in 8,372 |
| Texas | #1,083 | 14 | 1 in 9,743 |
| Florida | #1,135 | 7 | 1 in 10,908 |
| California | #1,419 | 17 | 1 in 15,384 |
| New York | #1,979 | 5 | 1 in 23,803 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Miriah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 1,135 spots in 1991 (#2,081 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1992 (#946 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1991 at #946 (201 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1991
- Highest: 1 in 9,328 girls born in 1991 were named Miriah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 53.7% of all girls named Miriah (986) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 119 | #2,715 (1977) | #4,419 |
| 1980s | 305 | #2,581 (1982) | #3,024 |
| 1990s | 986 | #946 (1991) | #1,777 |
| 2000s | 298 | #3,020 (2000) | #4,709 |
| 2010s | 110 | #5,771 (2010) | #9,958 |
| 2020s | 18 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,637 |
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.
Miriah in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 9,328 of them was named Miriah, which outranked 93.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).