# Mariah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mariah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɹaɪə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 115,279 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 183 / 115,096 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,310, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,995 | 98 |
| 2012 | 2,908 | 107 |
| 2013 | 2,773 | 113 |
| 2014 | 2,409 | 137 |
| 2015 | 2,118 | 152 |
| 2016 | 1,930 | 166 |
| 2017 | 1,617 | 195 |
| 2018 | 1,440 | 216 |
| 2019 | 1,197 | 276 |
| 2020 | 1,071 | 302 |
| 2021 | 958 | 340 |
| 2022 | 933 | 345 |
| 2023 | 783 | 393 |
| 2024 | 760 | 413 |
| 2025 | 693 | 448 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13 | 4,704 |
| 1995 | 14 | 4,430 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,892 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,132 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,400 |
| 2000 | 9 | 7,196 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,072 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9,042 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,401 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,821 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,771 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8,077 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,683 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,755 |
| 2014 | 8 | 9,323 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 749 |
| 2012 | 40 | 916 |
| 2013 | 43 | 865 |
| 2014 | 43 | 877 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 47 | 813 |
| 2017 | 39 | 949 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,120 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Mariah

- Mariah Carey, American singer (born 1969)
- Mariah Bell, American figure skater
- Mariah O'Brien, American actress, model and interior designer
- Mariah the Scientist, American singer (born 1997)
- Mariah Angeliq, American singer
- Blake Monroe, British professional wrestler (born 1998)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.