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How popular is the name Mariam?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mariams are alive today.
Mariam (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 259th in 2025 with 179 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2009, when 302 babies were given the name, the 172nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 267 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 308 in 2019 before climbing back to the 259th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 6,500 babies have been named Mariam in England and Wales since 1996.
The Mariam you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Mariams born in England and Wales are between 11 and 26, and there are at least 7,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Mariam.
How many babies are named Mariam each year?
Where does Mariam rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mariam most popular?
Mariam peaked in 2009, when 302 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Mariam?
At least 7,700 people named Mariam born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mariam?
Most living Mariams are between 11 and 26; the most common age is about 17.
Is Mariam becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.