Mariah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,217 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #447 for girls
Mariah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 447th for girls in the US (693 babies).
What does Mariah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Maria
Variant of Maria; the ma-RY-a pronunciation was popularised by the 1951 song They Call the Wind Maria.
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Is Mariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 693 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,217th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Mariah, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 83 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mariah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Mariah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,187 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 52 | #816 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 47 | #868 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 51 | #785 |
| 2010 | 56 | #716 |
| 2009 | 55 | #722 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 51 | #725 |
| 2006 | 47 | #732 |
| 2005 | 44 | #746 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 42 | #720 |
| 2002 | 41 | #700 |
| 2001 | 46 | #635 |
| 2000 | 68 | #485 |
| 1999 | 76 | #454 |
| 1998 | 67 | #490 |
| 1997 | 65 | #496 |
| 1996 | 83 | #421 |
How popular is Mariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 447th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 693 about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 693 girls in the US were named Mariah, making it the 447th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 302nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5,446 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mariah than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Mariah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 693 | #447 |
| 2024 | 760 | #413 |
| 2023 | 783 | #393 |
| 2022 | 933 | #345 |
| 2021 | 958 | #340 |
| 2020 | 1,071 | #302 |
| 2019 | 1,197 | #276 |
| 2018 | 1,440 | #216 |
| 2017 | 1,617 | #195 |
| 2016 | 1,930 | #166 |
| 2015 | 2,118 | #152 |
| 2014 | 2,409 | #137 |
| 2013 | 2,773 | #113 |
| 2012 | 2,908 | #107 |
| 2011 | 2,995 | #98 |
| 2010 | 3,113 | #97 |
| 2009 | 3,605 | #88 |
| 2008 | 4,041 | #77 |
| 2007 | 3,707 | #92 |
| 2006 | 4,075 | #82 |
| 2005 | 3,840 | #85 |
| 2004 | 2,982 | #113 |
| 2003 | 3,073 | #113 |
| 2002 | 2,672 | #130 |
| 2001 | 3,585 | #85 |
| 2000 | 4,104 | #75 |
| 1999 | 4,646 | #68 |
| 1998 | 5,086 | #62 |
| 1997 | 4,803 | #67 |
| 1996 | 5,446 | #63 |
| 1995 | 4,773 | #71 |
| 1994 | 4,749 | #75 |
| 1993 | 4,093 | #81 |
| 1992 | 4,712 | #74 |
| 1991 | 5,192 | #69 |
| 1990 | 1,103 | #259 |
| 1989 | 399 | #561 |
| 1988 | 423 | #521 |
| 1987 | 437 | #496 |
| 1986 | 272 | #677 |
| 1985 | 341 | #572 |
| 1984 | 311 | #585 |
| 1983 | 335 | #549 |
| 1982 | 361 | #538 |
| 1981 | 322 | #573 |
| 1980 | 387 | #513 |
| 1979 | 305 | #591 |
| 1978 | 289 | #589 |
| 1977 | 299 | #578 |
| 1976 | 190 | #760 |
| 1975 | 156 | #859 |
| 1974 | 118 | #1,013 |
| 1973 | 135 | #911 |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,526 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,663 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,827 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,246 |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,177 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,126 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,080 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 25 | #853 |
| 1910 | 25 | #859 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 20 | #882 |
| 1907 | 17 | #923 |
| 1906 | 24 | #742 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 24 | #710 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 23 | #716 |
| 1901 | 14 | #881 |
| 1900 | 29 | #656 |
| 1899 | 17 | #791 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 26 | #594 |
| 1896 | 23 | #651 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 23 | #579 |
| 1891 | 21 | #572 |
| 1890 | 31 | #468 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 30 | #398 |
| 1886 | 24 | #439 |
| 1885 | 26 | #405 |
| 1884 | 21 | #438 |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 |
| 1881 | 13 | #470 |
| 1880 | 22 | #342 |
Names like Mariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hannah, Molly, Abigail, Jessica, Emily, Leah, Sarah, Mia, Madeleine, Chloe, Francesca, Delilah
Names related to Mariah
Maria, Mara, Marwa, Maira, Marie, Mari, Mariya, Marwah, Moriah, Mariyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariah, updated 20 October 2026.