Girls' name · since 1993
Marayah
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 373 babies named Marayah, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,656 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marayah currently ranks #15656 among girls' names in America, with 373 babies recorded since 1993.
Marayah has 373 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15656 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #14,107 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,656 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 373 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marayah ranks #14,107 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,656 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 373 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,107 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,656 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 373
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marayah's 373 recorded births place it above 80.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Marayah compares
373 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marayah's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 373 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marayah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Marayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (163 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Marayah's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Marayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
163 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s 54
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 163 births (44% of all-time use).
Marayah by state
Where Marayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 2.7% |
21 of 373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Marayah's data
- Marayah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (163 total births); usage has since declined to 54 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marayahs (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marayah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.