Moriah

Where Moriah comes from

Named after the Biblical Moriah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Moriah
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #5,147 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Moriah van Norman born
    American water polo player
  3. 1992
    Peak, #477
    517 babies named Moriah — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1994
    Moriah Jefferson born
    American basketball player
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,058.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Moriah van Norman · American water polo player, born 1984
  • Moriah Jefferson · American basketball player, born 1994
  • Moriah Peters · musician, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.