Miri
Miri was the 3329th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3259th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,353 places. More babies were named Miri in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,329 girls, up 1,946 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 47girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202250 babies
- Total since 1880
- 871babies recorded
Miri popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,329 | 47 |
| 2020 | #5,275 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,824 | 30 |
| 2000 | #9,661 | 10 |
| 1990 | #12,377 | 6 |
| 1980 | #6,184 | 11 |
| 1970 | #8,862 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Miri, counting every spelling?
Miri is the most common spelling of a name family that had 52 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 52 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miri | 47 | #3,329 | 218 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Miri?
47 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Miri (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Miri born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 179 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Miri.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Miri?
About 900 people born in the US named Miri are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 5 and 21. That makes Miri mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Miri by state
How common Miri was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (9.6×), New Jersey (9.5×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Miri: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Miri, they share its era and feel.
Miri is also a nickname for Miriam.
Questions about the name Miri
How popular is the name Miri?
Miri was the 3329th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 47 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3259th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,353 places. More babies were named Miri in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Miri a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Miri in the US.
Where is Miri most popular?
In 2021–2025, Miri was most common in New York (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and California.