Mariah

#447 for girls in 2025, 693 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #8,781
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 5,086 births
Debut · girls
22 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
115,096
since 1880

Mariah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #62, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#447693—
2024#413760—
2023#393783—
2022#345933—
2021#340958—
2020#3021,071—
2019#2761,197—
2018#2161,440—
2017#1951,617—
2016#1661,930—
2015#1522,118—
2014#1372,409#8,7818
2013#1132,773—
2012#1072,908—
2011#982,995#10,8086
2010#973,113#10,7666
2009#883,605—
2008#774,041#7,69810
2007#923,707—
2006#824,075—
2005#853,840#9,1157
2004#1132,982#6,52011
2003#1133,073#9,5816
2002#1302,672#8,4567
2001#853,585#9,2436
2000#754,104#6,8399
1999#684,646#7,8747
1998#625,086#7,5607
1997#674,803—
1996#635,446#6,4968
1995#714,773#4,28014
1994#754,749#4,53713
1993#814,093#6,2288
1992#744,712#3,92015
1991#695,192#5,5219
1990#2591,103—
1989#561399—
1988#521423—
1987#496437—
1986#677272—
1985#572341—
1984#585311#6,3155
1983#549335—
1982#538361—
1981#573322—
1980#513387#5,5256
1979#591305#6,0565
1978#589289—
1977#578299#5,8455
1976#760190#5,5875
1975#859156—
1974#1,013118—
1973#911135—
1972#1,52661—
1971#1,58660—
1970#1,95243—
1969#2,51527—
1968#2,29628—
1967#3,65613—
1966#3,40014—
1965#2,83319—
1964#2,91519—
1963#3,80112—
1962#6,5785—
1961#5,8516—
1960#3,92011—
1959#3,43613—
1958#6,1035—
1957#4,5368—
1956#5,3256—
1955#4,3768—
1954#2,77916—
1953#3,26912—
1952#2,58117—
1951#2,81014—
1950#2,53516—
1949#3,17611—
1948#2,41617—
1947#3,24011—
1946#2,22818—
1945#3,3888—
1944#2,76211—
1943#1,94920—
1942#2,81711—
1941#1,95418—
1940#2,42412—
1939#2,03816—
1938#1,87318—
1937#1,84518—
1936#2,15314—
1935#1,66321—
1934#1,34429—
1933#2,68810—
1932#1,59723—
1931#2,02416—
1930#1,70322—
1929#1,82520—
1928#1,63725—
1927#1,82822—
1926#1,66725—
1925#1,79523—
1924#1,56629—
1923#1,42832—
1922#1,53629—
1921#1,43732—
1920#1,24638—
1919#1,17740—
1918#1,12643—
1917#1,33730—
1916#1,24633—
1915#1,52323—
1914#1,08031—
1913#92533—
1912#1,03225—
1911#85325—
1910#85925—
1909#1,05215—
1908#88220—
1907#92317—
1906#74224—
1905#71325—
1904#71024—
1903#71222—
1902#71623—
1901#88114—
1900#65629—
1899#79117—
1898#63126—
1897#59426—
1896#65123—
1895#54729—
1894#50432—
1893#52028—
1892#57923—
1891#57221—
1890#46831—
1889#43930—
1888#57219—
1887#39830—
1886#43924—
1885#40526—
1884#43821—
1883#49915—
1882#37722—
1881#47013—
1880#34222—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mariah was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mariah is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mariah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#413 → #447)
  • 145 spots since 2020 (#302 → #447)
  • 295 spots since 2015 (#152 → #447)
  • Biggest jump: 615 spots in 1973 (#1,526 → #911)
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1901 (#656 → #881)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1998 at #62 (5,086 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1991–2001
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1975–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 322
  • Highest: 1 in 322 girls born in 1996 were named Mariah (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,319 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #62 in 1998, was only 1 in 347 (0.29%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.8% of all girls named Mariah (44,603) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s222#342 (1880)#438
1890s256#468 (1890)#586
1900s213#656 (1900)#799
1910s308#853 (1911)#1,116
1920s275#1,246 (1920)#1,597
1930s187#1,344 (1934)#1,893
1940s137#1,949 (1943)#2,635
1950s115#2,535 (1950)#3,775
1960s154#2,296 (1968)#3,777
1970s1,656#578 (1977)#1,037
1980s3,588#496 (1987)#559
1990s44,603#62 (1998)#89
2000s35,684#75 (2000)#94
2010s22,500#97 (2010)#156
2020s5,198#302 (2020)#373

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.

Mariah in 1907

girls
#923
17 births · 1 in 18,739 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #923Mariah17
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 18,739 of them was named Mariah, which outranked 61.5% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mariah
  1. #898Santos18
  2. #898Thyra18
  3. #898Trula18
  4. #923Mariah17
  5. #923Adrienne17
  6. #923Aida17
  7. #923Arie17
  8. #945Adelina16
  9. #945Afton16
  10. #945Almeta16

Tied with 21 names at #923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →