Moriah

Where Moriah comes from

Named after the Biblical Moriah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Moriah
Moriah through the years
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #5,147 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.