Mariyah Girl

How popular is Mariyah?

#2,387 girl name in 2025

75 baby girls were named Mariyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.

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6,507living people named Mariyah (est.)
15median age of people named Mariyah
6,555babies named Mariyah since 1880
1 in 44,205US babies born in 2025

Mariyah popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#2,387 for girls (▼ 354 from 2024)
Babies in 202575 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-73% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#978 in 2015, #1,318 in 2020
Peak year2009 (431 girls)
Highest rank#671 in 2011
First recorded1990
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Mariyah counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mariyah family of names ranked #1,451 for girls in 2025 (#1,367 the year before), with 113 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Mariyah 75 66%
Mariya 38 34%

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 Mariyah is most popular

Babies named Mariyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  2. Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (22 girls)
  3. Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (54 girls)
  4. South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
  5. Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 girls)

Mariyah by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s452#1,429
2000s2,269#675
2010s3,103#671
2020s731#1,318

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Questions

Is Mariyah a boy or girl name?
Mariyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mariyah were girls.
How popular is the name Mariyah?
75 baby girls were named Mariyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2387th most popular girl name.
When was Mariyah most popular?
Mariyah peaked in 2009, when 431 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #671 in 2011.
How many people are named Mariyah?
6,555 babies have been named Mariyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,507 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
Where is Mariyah most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Mariyah was most common in Mississippi, at 0.4 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.