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Mariyah

Girl · ma-REE-ya · Hebrew

Mariyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).

What does Mariyah mean?

Hebrew: Arabic form of Maria, common in Muslim families

Arabic spelling of Maria, honouring Maria al-Qibtiyya, mother of the Prophet Muhammad's son Ibrahim.

Say it
ma-REE-ya

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Is Mariyah a girl's or a boy's name?

Mariyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mariyah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,642among girls
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Mariyah, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 68 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mariyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were given Mariyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #1,642 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 68 in 20112025
Mariyah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#1,642
202426#1,321
202315#1,955
202220#1,591
202115#1,981
202017#1,780
201924#1,403
201826#1,335
201736#1,062
201624#1,452
201541#960
201444#925
201360#729
201249#846
201168#647
201044#872
200958#699
200840#890
200747#768
200632#975
200534#883
200433#882
200334#843
200236#762
200131#832
200028#875
199932#787
199827#891
199719#1,119
199621#1,024

How popular is Mariyah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,387among girls
Babies in 2025
75about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 51% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Mariyah, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,318th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 431 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mariyah than any year since 1997.

Half of all the girls named Mariyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 113 girls in the US were given Mariyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,559, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.

1990Busiest: 431 in 20092025
Mariyah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202575#2,387
202496#2,033
2023113#1,792
2022132#1,601
2021148#1,450
2020167#1,318
2019190#1,233
2018224#1,101
2017247#1,042
2016298#921
2015276#978
2014302#898
2013348#780
2012417#675
2011423#671
2010378#736
2009431#675
2008395#750
2007298#911
2006298#892
2005236#1,027
2004150#1,386
2003142#1,394
2002128#1,482
2001102#1,747
200089#1,896
199990#1,767
1998120#1,429
199757#2,325
199646#2,668
199524#4,212
199436#3,163
199316#5,667
199223#4,375
199131#3,437
19909#8,495

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