Girls' name · since 1880
Mariah
Mariah has 115,096 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115,096
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
115,096 babies have been named Mariah since 1880, making it today's #447 girls' name.
Mariah has 115,096 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #447 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #447 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 115,096 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mariah ranks #336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #447 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 115,096 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #447 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115,096
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Mariah's 115,096 recorded births place it above 99.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Mariah compares
115,096 Top 2% higher than 98% of 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
Mariah's all-time total is 306x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mariah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115,096 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5,446 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mariah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mariah's full recorded timeline at 1953, 99% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 1% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 5,446 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mariah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 5,446
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Mariah popularity over time - boys
183 total births recorded since 1976 (Mariah as boys' name)
Mariah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44,603 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Mariah's strongest decade.
44,603 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mariah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 222
1880s
222 births
- 1890s 256
1890s
256 births
- 1900s 213
1900s
213 births
- 1910s 308
1910s
308 births
- 1920s 275
1920s
275 births
- 1930s 187
1930s
187 births
- 1940s 137
1940s
137 births
- 1950s 115
1950s
115 births
- 1960s 154
1960s
154 births
- 1970s 1,656
1970s
1,656 births
- 1980s 3,588
1980s
3,588 births
- 1990s
1990s
44,603 births
- 2000s
2000s
35,684 births
- 2010s
2010s
22,500 births
- 2020s 5,198
2020s
5,198 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44,603 births (39% of all-time use).
How Mariah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mariah's total volume
Mariah by state
Where Mariah concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14,715 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10,359 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5,505 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5,181 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 4,977 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 4,879 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 4,649 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 3,793 | 3.3% |
14,715 of 115,096 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Mariah appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Mariah's data
- Mariah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (44,603 total births); usage has since declined to 5,198 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mariahs (14,715 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 Mariah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Mariah 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.