# Maryam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maryam/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Mayim |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,845 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,845 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,606, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary, Maria, and Miriam.

## 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 | 353 | 770 |
| 2012 | 415 | 680 |
| 2013 | 428 | 668 |
| 2014 | 494 | 598 |
| 2015 | 542 | 571 |
| 2016 | 562 | 556 |
| 2017 | 647 | 482 |
| 2018 | 550 | 564 |
| 2019 | 592 | 523 |
| 2020 | 600 | 507 |
| 2021 | 565 | 541 |
| 2022 | 722 | 435 |
| 2023 | 741 | 415 |
| 2024 | 807 | 391 |
| 2025 | 869 | 351 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 616 | 94 |
| 2012 | 700 | 81 |
| 2013 | 701 | 80 |
| 2014 | 705 | 74 |
| 2015 | 754 | 75 |
| 2016 | 711 | 79 |
| 2017 | 686 | 78 |
| 2018 | 634 | 82 |
| 2019 | 631 | 84 |
| 2020 | 592 | 86 |
| 2021 | 621 | 82 |
| 2022 | 646 | 75 |
| 2023 | 606 | 77 |
| 2024 | 752 | 57 |
| 2025 | 825 | 52 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَرْيَم
- Chinese: 瑪麗亞姆 /玛丽亚姆
- Hindi: मरियम
- Russian: Марья́м, Ма́рьям, Мариа́м

## People named Maryam

- Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahraini track and field athlete
- Maryam d'Abo, British actress
- Maryam al-Khawaja, Bahraini human rights activist
- Maryam Jameelah, American-Pakistani author on Islam (1934–2012)
- Maryam Saleh, Egyptian singer, songwriter and actress
- Maryam Bayramalibeyova, Azerbaijani activist
- Maryam Zaree, German actress
- Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actress
- Maryam Keshavarz, American filmmaker of Iranian descent (b. 1975)
- Maryam Mahboob, Afghan writer
- Maryam Monsef, Canadian politician
- Maryam Babangida, First lady of Nigeria

## 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.