Maryam Girl
How popular is Maryam?
#351 girl name in 2025
869 baby girls were named Maryam in the US in 2025, making it the 351st most popular girl name.
Maryam popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #351 for girls (▲ 40 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 869 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #569 in 2015, #506 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (869 girls) |
| Highest rank | #351 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maryam counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maryam family of names ranked #227 for girls in 2025 (#228 the year before), with 1,480 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maryam | 869 | 59% |
| Mariam | 589 | 40% |
| Mariame | 22 | 1% |
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 Maryam is most popular
Babies named Maryam per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Maryam by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 13 | #3,664 |
| 1960s | 66 | #3,957 |
| 1970s | 284 | #1,998 |
| 1980s | 600 | #1,732 |
| 1990s | 1,191 | #1,165 |
| 2000s | 2,455 | #918 |
| 2010s | 4,932 | #482 |
| 2020s | 4,304 | #351 |
Girl names about as popular as Maryam
Questions
- Is Maryam a boy or girl name?
- Maryam is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maryam were girls.
- How popular is the name Maryam?
- 869 baby girls were named Maryam in the US in 2025, making it the 351st most popular girl name.
- When was Maryam most popular?
- Maryam peaked in 2025, when 869 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #351 in 2025.
- How many people are named Maryam?
- 13,845 babies have been named Maryam in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,725 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Maryam most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maryam was most common in New York, at 1.5 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.