Miri Girl
How popular is Miri?
#3,295 girl name in 2025
47 baby girls were named Miri in the US in 2025, making it the 3295th most popular girl name.
Miri popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,295 for girls (▲ 280 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 47 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,583 in 2015, #5,165 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (50 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,219 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1962 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Miri counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Miri family of names ranked #2,317 for girls in 2025 (#2,603 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Miri | 47 | 90% |
| Myree | 5 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Miri is most popular
Babies named Miri per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Miri by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #6,577 |
| 1970s | 50 | #6,482 |
| 1980s | 53 | #5,911 |
| 1990s | 53 | #8,045 |
| 2000s | 141 | #4,106 |
| 2010s | 317 | #3,996 |
| 2020s | 242 | #3,219 |
Girl names about as popular as Miri
Questions
- Is Miri a boy or girl name?
- Miri is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Miri were girls.
- How popular is the name Miri?
- 47 baby girls were named Miri in the US in 2025, making it the 3295th most popular girl name.
- When was Miri most popular?
- Miri peaked in 2022, when 50 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,219 in 2022.
- How many people are named Miri?
- 871 babies have been named Miri in the US since 1880. We estimate about 861 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Miri most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Miri was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.