Moriah
Girl · mo-RY-a · Hebrew
Moriah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,092nd for girls in the US (221 babies).
What does Moriah mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
Moriah is the land where Abraham was told to sacrifice Isaac, later identified with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
- Say it
- mo-RY-a
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Is Moriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Moriah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 221 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Moriah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Moriah, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th.
2025 had the most girls named Moriah of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Moriah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Moriah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Moriah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,092among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 221about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 221 girls in the US were named Moriah, making it the 1,092nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,196th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 517 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Moriah in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 221 | #1,092 |
| 2024 | 196 | #1,207 |
| 2023 | 246 | #1,032 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 182 | #1,273 |
| 2020 | 193 | #1,196 |
| 2019 | 216 | #1,123 |
| 2018 | 203 | #1,181 |
| 2017 | 242 | #1,058 |
| 2016 | 282 | #960 |
| 2015 | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 275 | #970 |
| 2013 | 268 | #941 |
| 2012 | 309 | #862 |
| 2011 | 323 | #821 |
| 2010 | 354 | #776 |
| 2009 | 378 | #751 |
| 2008 | 353 | #813 |
| 2007 | 319 | #875 |
| 2006 | 297 | #895 |
| 2005 | 301 | #842 |
| 2004 | 293 | #840 |
| 2003 | 305 | #809 |
| 2002 | 272 | #848 |
| 2001 | 314 | #761 |
| 2000 | 358 | #674 |
| 1999 | 398 | #608 |
| 1998 | 457 | #545 |
| 1997 | 504 | #489 |
| 1996 | 488 | #488 |
| 1995 | 516 | #480 |
| 1994 | 499 | #497 |
| 1993 | 507 | #493 |
| 1992 | 517 | #477 |
| 1991 | 477 | #497 |
| 1990 | 252 | #795 |
| 1989 | 187 | #945 |
| 1988 | 169 | #979 |
| 1987 | 128 | #1,150 |
| 1986 | 125 | #1,142 |
| 1985 | 109 | #1,249 |
| 1984 | 89 | #1,350 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,345 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,528 |
| 1979 | 82 | #1,461 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,380 |
| 1976 | 59 | #1,662 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,321 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,760 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
Names like Moriah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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