Maryah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Maryah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Maryah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Marya; Slavic and Arabic form of Mary
A form of Mary, from Hebrew Miriam, whose original meaning is uncertain.
Meaning borrowed from Marya.
Is Maryah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maryah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maryah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 7 girls.
Maryah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Maryah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Maryah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 124 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maryah than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Maryah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maryah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,739 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 106 | #1,956 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,774 |
| 2007 | 90 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,013 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,179 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Maryah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Ayah, Maya, Aaliyah, Safa, Zainab, Anya, Summer, Hawa, Amal, Hannah, Hiba
Names related to Maryah
Maria, Mary, Mara, Marwa, Mariya, Mariah, Mayra, Marwah, Mariyah, Mayar
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Maryah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maryah, updated 20 October 2026.