Maryam
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-ee-am
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #56 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #351 for girls
Maryam is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 56th for girls in the UK (849 babies) and 351st for girls in the US (869 babies).
What does Maryam mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Miriam
Arabic form of Mary; the 19th chapter of the Qur'an is named after Maryam, mother of Jesus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maryam a girl's or a boy's name?
Maryam is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 849 girls in the UK and 869 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maryam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #56among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 849about 1 in 330 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 849 girls in the UK were named Maryam, making it the 56th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 94th.
2025 had the most girls named Maryam of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Maryam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 52nd in England and Wales and 172nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#74) and 2024 (#57).
Maryam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 849 | #56 |
| 2024 | 774 | #64 |
| 2023 | 631 | #85 |
| 2022 | 666 | #83 |
| 2021 | 636 | #95 |
| 2020 | 605 | #94 |
| 2019 | 645 | #92 |
| 2018 | 644 | #89 |
| 2017 | 709 | #83 |
| 2016 | 733 | #84 |
| 2015 | 776 | #83 |
| 2014 | 723 | #88 |
| 2013 | 718 | #86 |
| 2012 | 719 | #90 |
| 2011 | 633 | #101 |
| 2010 | 606 | #108 |
| 2009 | 542 | #113 |
| 2008 | 595 | #105 |
| 2007 | 479 | #132 |
| 2006 | 433 | #145 |
| 2005 | 448 | #138 |
| 2004 | 367 | #162 |
| 2003 | 340 | #163 |
| 2002 | 314 | #160 |
| 2001 | 310 | #162 |
| 2000 | 293 | #169 |
| 1999 | 281 | #179 |
| 1998 | 222 | #222 |
| 1997 | 208 | #225 |
| 1996 | 183 | #241 |
How popular is Maryam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 869about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 869 girls in the US were named Maryam, making it the 351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 506th. It first appears in the records in 1946.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Maryam of any year since it first appeared, in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Maryam in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maryam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 869 | #351 |
| 2024 | 807 | #391 |
| 2023 | 741 | #414 |
| 2022 | 722 | #434 |
| 2021 | 565 | #541 |
| 2020 | 600 | #506 |
| 2019 | 592 | #523 |
| 2018 | 550 | #564 |
| 2017 | 647 | #482 |
| 2016 | 562 | #554 |
| 2015 | 542 | #569 |
| 2014 | 494 | #597 |
| 2013 | 428 | #668 |
| 2012 | 415 | #679 |
| 2011 | 353 | #770 |
| 2010 | 349 | #789 |
| 2009 | 281 | #949 |
| 2008 | 262 | #1,010 |
| 2007 | 294 | #921 |
| 2006 | 273 | #956 |
| 2005 | 229 | #1,042 |
| 2004 | 255 | #942 |
| 2003 | 197 | #1,116 |
| 2002 | 223 | #985 |
| 2001 | 206 | #1,039 |
| 2000 | 235 | #918 |
| 1999 | 161 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 161 | #1,165 |
| 1997 | 151 | #1,197 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,489 |
| 1995 | 122 | #1,343 |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,473 |
| 1993 | 112 | #1,436 |
| 1992 | 97 | #1,585 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,622 |
| 1990 | 79 | #1,809 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,732 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,822 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,998 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
Names like Maryam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Maya Ayla Aisha Anaya Layla Eden Mia Delilah Sienna Aria Fatima
Other spellings of Maryam
Names related to Maryam
More Hebrew names
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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, “Maryam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maryam, updated 20 October 2026.