# Moriah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/moriah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,507 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 108 / 13,399 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Named after the Biblical Moriah.

## 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 | 323 | 822 |
| 2012 | 309 | 863 |
| 2013 | 268 | 945 |
| 2014 | 275 | 970 |
| 2015 | 278 | 975 |
| 2016 | 282 | 963 |
| 2017 | 242 | 1,062 |
| 2018 | 203 | 1,185 |
| 2019 | 216 | 1,124 |
| 2020 | 193 | 1,197 |
| 2021 | 182 | 1,273 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 246 | 1,035 |
| 2024 | 196 | 1,212 |
| 2025 | 221 | 1,093 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7 | 5,184 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,943 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,813 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,294 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,613 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,788 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,928 |
| 2008 | 13 | 6,654 |
| 2009 | 20 | 4,869 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,336 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,698 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,461 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## People named Moriah

- Moriah Jefferson, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Moriah van Norman, American water polo player
- Poppy, American singer

## 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.