The first name Moriah
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Named after the Biblical Moriah.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 20 girls were named Moriah, making it the 1,512th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Moriah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Moriah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 221 girls born in the United States were named Moriah, the 1,093rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1992, when 517 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Moriah
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Moriah JeffersonAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Moriah van NormanAmerican water polo player, born 1984
- PoppyAmerican singer, born 1995
Questions
- What does the name Moriah mean?
- Named after the Biblical Moriah.
- How popular is the name Moriah?
- In 2025, 20 girls born in England and Wales were named Moriah, ranking 1,512th.
- Is Moriah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 13,507 US babies named Moriah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Moriah most popular?
- 1992 in the United States, when 517 babies were named Moriah, its highest rank at 478th.