Baby name

Mariah

Girl

Origin of the name

Mariah is a form of Maria, from the Latin form of Mary.

Short-lived name

Mariah peaked in 1996, when 1 baby in 669 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 85%, to about 825 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 447. 39% of all babies named Mariah since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

115,096births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 63rank at its peak, in 1996

Where babies named Mariah are born

1996

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The darker the blue, the more common Mariah is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Mariah is most common in New Mexico (3.4 times), Alaska (2.1) and Nevada (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Maria 566,111
Marian 141,944
Mariam 18,555
Zariah 14,164
Moriah 13,399
Ariah 11,675

Names from the same era

Miranda · Angelica · Breanna · Jordan · Sabrina · Rebekah

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