Mariama Girl
How popular is Mariama?
#2,368 girl name in 2025
76 baby girls were named Mariama in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
Mariama popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,368 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,254 in 2015, #2,682 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (77 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,300 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mariama counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mariama family of names ranked #1,593 for girls in 2025 (#1,576 the year before), with 96 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mariama | 76 | 79% |
| Maryama | 20 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mariama is most popular
Babies named Mariama per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Mariama by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 116 | #3,404 |
| 1980s | 75 | #5,280 |
| 1990s | 374 | #2,619 |
| 2000s | 634 | #2,300 |
| 2010s | 598 | #2,453 |
| 2020s | 380 | #2,362 |
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Questions
- Is Mariama a boy or girl name?
- Mariama is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mariama were girls.
- How popular is the name Mariama?
- 76 baby girls were named Mariama in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
- When was Mariama most popular?
- Mariama peaked in 2024, when 77 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,300 in 2001.
- How many people are named Mariama?
- 2,177 babies have been named Mariama in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,153 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Mariama most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mariama was most common in New York, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.