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How popular is the name Meryem?
Births per year, rank history and how many Meryems are alive today.
Meryem (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Maryam in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 31 babies were given the name, the 1112th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 39% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Maryam you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Maryams born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Maryam.
How many babies are named Meryem each year?
Includes all spellings: Meryem, Maryam. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Meryem spelling rank?
Where does the Maryam spelling rank?
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 Meryem most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Maryam, peaked in 2025, when 837 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Meryem spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 31 babies.
How many people are called Meryem?
At least 17,000 people named Meryem in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Meryem?
Most living Meryems are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 11.
Is Meryem becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2025 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.