Mariah Girl
How popular is Mariah?
#447 girl name in 2025
693 baby girls were named Mariah in the US in 2025, making it the 447th most popular girl name.
Mariah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #447 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 693 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-67% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #152 in 2015, #302 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (5,446 girls) |
| Highest rank | #62 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mariah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maria family of names ranked #88 for girls in 2025 (#76 the year before), with 3,609 babies in all.
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 Mariah is most popular
Babies named Mariah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Alabama: 1.2 per 1,000 (116 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Georgia: 1.0 per 1,000 (223 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (80 girls)
Mariah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 222 | #342 |
| 1890s | 256 | #468 |
| 1900s | 213 | #656 |
| 1910s | 308 | #853 |
| 1920s | 275 | #1,246 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,344 |
| 1940s | 137 | #1,948 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,534 |
| 1960s | 154 | #2,296 |
| 1970s | 1,656 | #578 |
| 1980s | 3,588 | #496 |
| 1990s | 44,603 | #62 |
| 2000s | 35,684 | #75 |
| 2010s | 22,500 | #97 |
| 2020s | 5,198 | #302 |
Girl names about as popular as Mariah
Questions
- Is Mariah a boy or girl name?
- Mariah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mariah were girls.
- How popular is the name Mariah?
- 693 baby girls were named Mariah in the US in 2025, making it the 447th most popular girl name.
- When was Mariah most popular?
- Mariah peaked in 1996, when 5,446 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #62 in 1998.
- How many people are named Mariah?
- 115,279 babies have been named Mariah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 112,409 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Mariah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mariah was most common in Mississippi, at 1.3 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.