Miriah
Girl · mih-RY-a · Hebrew
Miriah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Miriah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mariah, a variant of Maria
A spelling of Mariah, an English form of Maria, ultimately from Hebrew Miryam.
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- mih-RY-a
Is Miriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Miriah is a girls' name.
How popular is Miriah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 201 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Miriah in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,813 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,896 |
| 1995 | 88 | #1,665 |
| 1994 | 98 | #1,561 |
| 1993 | 119 | #1,372 |
| 1992 | 147 | #1,186 |
| 1991 | 201 | #944 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
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