Mariam
#505 for girls in 2025, 589 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 623 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,555since 1882
Mariam over time
Rank among girls' names. Mariam has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #505 | 589 | — | |
| 2024 | #491 | 623 | — | |
| 2023 | #534 | 568 | — | |
| 2022 | #569 | 528 | — | |
| 2021 | #634 | 467 | — | |
| 2020 | #636 | 455 | — | |
| 2019 | #570 | 533 | — | |
| 2018 | #553 | 561 | — | |
| 2017 | #555 | 556 | — | |
| 2016 | #547 | 570 | — | |
| 2015 | #564 | 549 | — | |
| 2014 | #568 | 540 | — | |
| 2013 | #605 | 463 | — | |
| 2012 | #622 | 458 | — | |
| 2011 | #674 | 419 | — | |
| 2010 | #618 | 476 | — | |
| 2009 | #664 | 441 | — | |
| 2008 | #688 | 441 | — | |
| 2007 | #689 | 424 | — | |
| 2006 | #690 | 410 | — | |
| 2005 | #614 | 459 | — | |
| 2004 | #680 | 405 | — | |
| 2003 | #648 | 409 | — | |
| 2002 | #671 | 378 | — | |
| 2001 | #679 | 368 | — | |
| 2000 | #682 | 350 | — | |
| 1999 | #745 | 301 | — | |
| 1998 | #744 | 292 | — | |
| 1997 | #804 | 258 | — | |
| 1996 | #820 | 247 | — | |
| 1995 | #949 | 198 | — | |
| 1994 | #919 | 206 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,006 | 184 | — | |
| 1992 | #921 | 211 | — | |
| 1991 | #977 | 192 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,100 | 159 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,168 | 140 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,147 | 133 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,195 | 121 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,325 | 100 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,219 | 113 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,260 | 99 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 85 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,419 | 86 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 | — | |
| 1932 | #998 | 50 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,052 | 49 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 | — | |
| 1927 | #982 | 60 | — | |
| 1926 | #971 | 59 | — | |
| 1925 | #970 | 59 | — | |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 | — | |
| 1923 | #871 | 71 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 | — | |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 | — | |
| 1920 | #865 | 70 | — | |
| 1919 | #890 | 62 | — | |
| 1918 | #885 | 65 | — | |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 | — | |
| 1916 | #928 | 54 | — | |
| 1915 | #892 | 54 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | — | |
| 1913 | #901 | 35 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Mariam! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mariam is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#451 · 1 in 3,471
- Virginia#487 · 1 in 3,779
- New Jersey#695 · 1 in 5,996
- California#764 · 1 in 6,103
- New York#804 · 1 in 6,781
Best ever in a state: #145 in Michigan, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #451 | 18 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Virginia | #487 | 10 | 1 in 3,779 |
| New Jersey | #695 | 8 | 1 in 5,996 |
| California | #764 | 43 | 1 in 6,103 |
| New York | #804 | 18 | 1 in 6,781 |
| Texas | #1,174 | 12 | 1 in 11,465 |
| Illinois | #1,245 | 6 | 1 in 13,085 |
| Florida | #1,250 | 6 | 1 in 13,188 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mariam
- 14 spots since 2024 (#491 → #505)
- 131 spots since 2020 (#636 → #505)
- 59 spots since 2015 (#564 → #505)
- Biggest jump: 573 spots in 1906 (#1,538 → #965)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1933 (#998 → #1,289)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 2024 at #491 (623 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,601 girls born in 2024 were named Mariam (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,729 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 27.6% of all girls named Mariam (5,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #817 (1883) | #863 |
| 1890s | 56 | #1,094 (1897) | #1,229 |
| 1900s | 96 | #965 (1906) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 410 | #885 (1918) | #1,002 |
| 1920s | 589 | #865 (1920) | #979 |
| 1930s | 349 | #998 (1932) | #1,250 |
| 1940s | 248 | #1,355 (1941) | #1,798 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,713 (1952) | #2,188 |
| 1960s | 341 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,065 |
| 1970s | 435 | #1,605 (1979) | #2,070 |
| 1980s | 1,081 | #1,147 (1988) | #1,268 |
| 1990s | 2,248 | #744 (1998) | #899 |
| 2000s | 4,085 | #614 (2005) | #671 |
| 2010s | 5,125 | #547 (2016) | #588 |
| 2020s | 3,230 | #491 (2024) | #562 |
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.
Mariam in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 11,941 of them was named Mariam, which outranked 92.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).