Maryem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-yem
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Maryem is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Maryem mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Maryam, the Arabic form of Mary
Maryam, mother of Jesus, is the only woman named in the Qur'an, which has a chapter called after her.
Is Maryem a girl's or a boy's name?
Maryem is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maryem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maryem, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Maryem of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maryem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Maryem 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 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Maryem in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maryem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Maryem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya Maya Hawa Meryem Margot Marnie Miriam Sadie Mirha Mabel Amal Safa
Names related to Maryem
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, “Maryem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maryem, updated 20 October 2026.