Mariam
Girl · MA-ree-am · Hebrew
Mariam is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 269th for girls in the UK (187 babies) and 505th for girls in the US (589 babies).
What does Mariam mean?
Hebrew: Greek and Aramaic form of Miriam
Form of Miriam used in the Greek New Testament; also a common spelling of Maryam.
- Say it
- MA-ree-am
Is Mariam a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariam is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 187 girls in the UK and 589 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #269among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 187about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 187 girls in the UK were named Mariam, making it the 269th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 274th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 309 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mariam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 259th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Mariam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #269 |
| 2024 | 193 | #267 |
| 2023 | 172 | #291 |
| 2022 | 188 | #269 |
| 2021 | 167 | #320 |
| 2020 | 186 | #274 |
| 2019 | 166 | #314 |
| 2018 | 212 | #261 |
| 2017 | 274 | #211 |
| 2016 | 243 | #238 |
| 2015 | 282 | #208 |
| 2014 | 284 | #210 |
| 2013 | 272 | #206 |
| 2012 | 290 | #198 |
| 2011 | 285 | #197 |
| 2010 | 308 | #189 |
| 2009 | 309 | #192 |
| 2008 | 298 | #199 |
| 2007 | 262 | #223 |
| 2006 | 244 | #221 |
| 2005 | 262 | #204 |
| 2004 | 225 | #229 |
| 2003 | 221 | #235 |
| 2002 | 192 | #246 |
| 2001 | 206 | #224 |
| 2000 | 181 | #254 |
| 1999 | 188 | #247 |
| 1998 | 168 | #268 |
| 1997 | 144 | #283 |
| 1996 | 176 | #252 |
How popular is Mariam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #505among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 589about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 589 girls in the US were named Mariam, making it the 505th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 636th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 623 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Mariam in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 589 | #505 |
| 2024 | 623 | #491 |
| 2023 | 568 | #534 |
| 2022 | 528 | #569 |
| 2021 | 467 | #634 |
| 2020 | 455 | #636 |
| 2019 | 533 | #570 |
| 2018 | 561 | #553 |
| 2017 | 556 | #555 |
| 2016 | 570 | #547 |
| 2015 | 549 | #564 |
| 2014 | 540 | #568 |
| 2013 | 463 | #605 |
| 2012 | 458 | #622 |
| 2011 | 419 | #674 |
| 2010 | 476 | #618 |
| 2009 | 441 | #664 |
| 2008 | 441 | #688 |
| 2007 | 424 | #689 |
| 2006 | 410 | #690 |
| 2005 | 459 | #614 |
| 2004 | 405 | #680 |
| 2003 | 409 | #648 |
| 2002 | 378 | #671 |
| 2001 | 368 | #679 |
| 2000 | 350 | #682 |
| 1999 | 301 | #744 |
| 1998 | 292 | #744 |
| 1997 | 258 | #804 |
| 1996 | 247 | #820 |
| 1995 | 198 | #946 |
| 1994 | 206 | #918 |
| 1993 | 184 | #1,004 |
| 1992 | 211 | #919 |
| 1991 | 192 | #975 |
| 1990 | 159 | #1,097 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 133 | #1,146 |
| 1987 | 121 | #1,195 |
| 1986 | 100 | #1,325 |
| 1985 | 113 | #1,219 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1983 | 99 | #1,260 |
| 1982 | 100 | #1,277 |
| 1981 | 85 | #1,433 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,419 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,002 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,800 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,721 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,660 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,441 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,291 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,344 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,289 |
| 1932 | 50 | #998 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1930 | 49 | #1,052 |
| 1929 | 49 | #1,042 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 60 | #982 |
| 1926 | 59 | #971 |
| 1925 | 59 | #970 |
| 1924 | 64 | #951 |
| 1923 | 71 | #871 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1921 | 61 | #946 |
| 1920 | 70 | #865 |
| 1919 | 62 | #890 |
| 1918 | 65 | #885 |
| 1917 | 58 | #904 |
| 1916 | 54 | #928 |
| 1915 | 54 | #892 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 |
| 1913 | 35 | #901 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 15 | #965 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,007 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
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