Maryama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-YAH-ma
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Maryama is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Maryama mean?
Hebrew: Somali and West African form of Maryam
Somali and West African form of Maryam, the Arabic name of Mary.
Is Maryama a girl's or a boy's name?
Maryama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maryama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Maryama, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maryama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Maryama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Maryama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Maryama, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maryama than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Maryama in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maryama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Maryama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Safa Anaya Liyana Amira Inaya Khadija Amara Ayra Amaya Hafsa Muntaha
Names related to Maryama
Maryam Mariam Mariyam Mariama Miryam Maram Maryem Maryum Mariame
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, “Maryama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maryama, updated 20 October 2026.