Marijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-REE-jah
- Origin
- Modern
Marijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Marijah come from?
Modern: variant of Mariah with the -jah ending
Is Marijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Marijah is a girls' name.
How popular is Marijah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Marijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Marijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Janiyah, Makiyah, Zariah, Hadassah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Taliyah, Maziyah
Names related to Marijah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Marijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marijah, updated 20 October 2026.