Mariam Girl
How popular is Mariam?
#505 girl name in 2025
589 baby girls were named Mariam in the US in 2025, making it the 505th most popular girl name.
Mariam popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #505 for girls (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 589 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #564 in 2015, #636 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (623 girls) |
| Highest rank | #491 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mariam 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 Mariam is most popular
Babies named Mariam per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 1.2 per 1,000 (226 girls)
- New York: 1.0 per 1,000 (393 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (126 girls)
- Virginia: 0.6 per 1,000 (103 girls)
- Ohio: 0.6 per 1,000 (138 girls)
Mariam by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #817 |
| 1890s | 56 | #1,094 |
| 1900s | 96 | #965 |
| 1910s | 410 | #885 |
| 1920s | 589 | #865 |
| 1930s | 349 | #998 |
| 1940s | 248 | #1,355 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,712 |
| 1960s | 341 | #1,728 |
| 1970s | 435 | #1,605 |
| 1980s | 1,081 | #1,146 |
| 1990s | 2,248 | #744 |
| 2000s | 4,085 | #614 |
| 2010s | 5,125 | #547 |
| 2020s | 3,230 | #491 |
Girl names about as popular as Mariam
Questions
- Is Mariam a boy or girl name?
- Mariam is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mariam were girls.
- How popular is the name Mariam?
- 589 baby girls were named Mariam in the US in 2025, making it the 505th most popular girl name.
- When was Mariam most popular?
- Mariam peaked in 2024, when 623 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #491 in 2024.
- How many people are named Mariam?
- 18,560 babies have been named Mariam in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,828 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Mariam most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mariam was most common in Michigan, at 1.2 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.