Meaning not yet researched.
Mariah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 693 in 2025. Its best rank was #62 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #62 in 1998; #448 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mariah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#448 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #62.
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Mariah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 693 girls in 2025. Peak: #62 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 5,446 (1996).
In 2025, 693 US girls were named Mariah, making it the 448th most common girls’ name of the year, down 35 places from #413 in 2024. That is 67 fewer than the 760 girls named Mariah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #62, reached in 1998. The most girls given the name in a single year was 5,446, in 1996. For comparison, it was #152 in 2015 and #2,625 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mariah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 22 babies with the name. In all, 115,279 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 44,684 babies named Mariah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,382 US girls were named Mariah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,930. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,319 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mariah ranked highest in Delaware in 2025, at #205 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Maria (570,389 babies since 1880), Marie (542,270 babies since 1880), Mario (152,403 babies since 1880) and Mari (16,645 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Mauriyah, Marriyah and Maariyah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Maria and Mary.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Mauriyah (24), Marriyah (16), Maariyah (15), Mareyah (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Mariah is listed as a nickname for Marietta.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 16 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 5 | #205 | #170 |
| Alabama | 21 | #230 | #69 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #287 | #99 |
| Georgia | 35 | #301 | #75 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #327 | #34 |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #344 | #200 |
| Missouri | 18 | #344 | #137 |
| Florida | 53 | #349 | #100 |
| Indiana | 19 | #373 | #161 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #374 | #107 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #394 | #90 |
| Michigan | 21 | #418 | #109 |
| California | 77 | #435 | #192 |
| New York | 40 | #437 | #230 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #439 | #244 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #439 | #155 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #440 | #281 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #452 | #251 |
| Illinois | 24 | #452 | #139 |
| Ohio | 25 | #459 | #121 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | #467 | #316 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #471 | #147 |
| Nevada | 6 | #482 | #120 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #482 | #108 |
| Maryland | 11 | #491 | #155 |
| Arizona | 14 | #504 | #148 |
| Virginia | 15 | #533 | #165 |
| Texas | 59 | #543 | #150 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #637 | #354 |
| Kansas | 5 | #650 | #392 |
| Colorado | 8 | #680 | #305 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #714 | #183 |
| Utah | 5 | #784 | #416 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #801 | #150 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,180 | #425 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 693 | #448 | — | — |
| 2024 | 760 | #413 | — | — |
| 2023 | 783 | #393 | — | — |
| 2022 | 933 | #345 | — | — |
| 2021 | 958 | #340 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,071 | #302 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,197 | #276 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,440 | #216 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,617 | #195 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,930 | #166 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,118 | #152 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,409 | #137 | 8 | #9,323 |
| 2013 | 2,773 | #113 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,908 | #107 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,995 | #98 | 6 | #11,755 |
| 2010 | 3,113 | #97 | 6 | #11,683 |
| 2009 | 3,605 | #88 | — | — |
| 2008 | 4,041 | #77 | 10 | #8,077 |
| 2007 | 3,707 | #92 | — | — |
| 2006 | 4,075 | #82 | — | — |
| 2005 | 3,840 | #85 | 7 | #9,771 |
| 2004 | 2,982 | #113 | 11 | #6,821 |
| 2003 | 3,073 | #113 | 6 | #10,401 |
| 2002 | 2,672 | #130 | 7 | #9,042 |
| 2001 | 3,585 | #85 | 6 | #10,072 |
| 2000 | 4,104 | #75 | 9 | #7,196 |
| 1999 | 4,646 | #68 | 7 | #8,400 |
| 1998 | 5,086 | #62 | 7 | #8,132 |
| 1997 | 4,803 | #67 | — | — |
| 1996 | 5,446 | #63 | 8 | #6,892 |
| 1995 | 4,773 | #71 | 14 | #4,430 |
| 1994 | 4,749 | #75 | 13 | #4,704 |
| 1993 | 4,093 | #81 | 8 | #6,616 |
| 1992 | 4,712 | #74 | 15 | #4,034 |
| 1991 | 5,192 | #69 | 9 | #5,778 |
| 1990 | 1,103 | #259 | — | — |
| 1989 | 399 | #562 | — | — |
| 1988 | 423 | #521 | — | — |
| 1987 | 437 | #496 | — | — |
| 1986 | 272 | #679 | — | — |
| 1985 | 341 | #572 | — | — |
| 1984 | 311 | #585 | 5 | #6,965 |
| 1983 | 335 | #551 | — | — |
| 1982 | 361 | #538 | — | — |
| 1981 | 322 | #578 | — | — |
| 1980 | 387 | #513 | 6 | #5,969 |
| 1979 | 305 | #591 | 5 | #6,683 |
| 1978 | 289 | #590 | — | — |
| 1977 | 299 | #578 | 5 | #6,465 |
| 1976 | 190 | #761 | 5 | #6,151 |
| 1975 | 156 | #861 | — | — |
| 1974 | 118 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 1973 | 135 | #913 | — | — |
| 1972 | 61 | #1,531 | — | — |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,591 | — | — |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,975 | — | — |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,555 | — | — |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,338 | — | — |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,772 | — | — |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,479 | — | — |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,886 | — | — |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,976 | — | — |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,945 | — | — |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,182 | — | — |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,299 | — | — |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,077 | — | — |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,553 | — | — |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,672 | — | — |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,773 | — | — |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,713 | — | — |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,605 | — | — |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,849 | — | — |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,395 | — | — |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,636 | — | — |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,883 | — | — |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,625 | — | — |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,315 | — | — |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,461 | — | — |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,375 | — | — |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,283 | — | — |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,574 | — | — |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,882 | — | — |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,978 | — | — |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,928 | — | — |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,997 | — | — |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,516 | — | — |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,093 | — | — |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,918 | — | — |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,886 | — | — |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,221 | — | — |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,703 | — | — |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,365 | — | — |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,805 | — | — |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,080 | — | — |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,734 | — | — |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,872 | — | — |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,661 | — | — |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,859 | — | — |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,699 | — | — |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,826 | — | — |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,590 | — | — |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,447 | — | — |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,560 | — | — |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,464 | — | — |
| 1920 | 38 | #1,249 | — | — |
| 1919 | 40 | #1,188 | — | — |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,143 | — | — |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,359 | — | — |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,266 | — | — |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,554 | — | — |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,090 | — | — |
| 1913 | 33 | #938 | — | — |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1911 | 25 | #865 | — | — |
| 1910 | 25 | #872 | — | — |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1908 | 20 | #902 | — | — |
| 1907 | 17 | #938 | — | — |
| 1906 | 24 | #758 | — | — |
| 1905 | 25 | #725 | — | — |
| 1904 | 24 | #718 | — | — |
| 1903 | 22 | #724 | — | — |
| 1902 | 23 | #730 | — | — |
| 1901 | 14 | #906 | — | — |
| 1900 | 29 | #668 | — | — |
| 1899 | 17 | #809 | — | — |
| 1898 | 26 | #646 | — | — |
| 1897 | 26 | #609 | — | — |
| 1896 | 23 | #665 | — | — |
| 1895 | 29 | #559 | — | — |
| 1894 | 32 | #511 | — | — |
| 1893 | 28 | #527 | — | — |
| 1892 | 23 | #586 | — | — |
| 1891 | 21 | #582 | — | — |
| 1890 | 31 | #474 | — | — |
| 1889 | 30 | #448 | — | — |
| 1888 | 19 | #589 | — | — |
| 1887 | 30 | #400 | — | — |
| 1886 | 24 | #446 | — | — |
| 1885 | 26 | #409 | — | — |
| 1884 | 21 | #444 | — | — |
| 1883 | 15 | #507 | — | — |
| 1882 | 22 | #386 | — | — |
| 1881 | 13 | #483 | — | — |
| 1880 | 22 | #349 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).