Mariah — #413 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mariah

The Social Security Administration has registered 114,380 babies named Mariah between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariah currently holds the #413 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 5,446 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 44,603 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mariah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,636 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariah in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mariah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 114,380 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.