Mariam
Mariam was given to 589 girls in 2025, #505 among girls’ names; 18,560 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,700 Americans named Mariam and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 8 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mariam by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Mariam?
#505 among girls’ names, 2025
Mariam rose from #564 in 2015 to #505 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.31 to 0.37 per 1,000.
623 babies in 2024, the peak
Mariam peaked in 2024, when 623 girls were given it, #491 among girls’ names. The 589 births of 2025 are 95% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 589 | #505 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 623 | #491 | 0.38 |
| 2023 | 568 | #534 | 0.35 |
| 2022 | 528 | #570 | 0.32 |
| 2021 | 467 | #634 | 0.28 |
| 2020 | 455 | #637 | 0.28 |
| 2019 | 533 | #570 | 0.32 |
| 2018 | 561 | #554 | 0.33 |
| 2017 | 556 | #555 | 0.32 |
| 2016 | 570 | #547 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 549 | #564 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 540 | #568 | 0.30 |
| 2013 | 463 | #607 | 0.26 |
| 2012 | 458 | #624 | 0.26 |
| 2011 | 419 | #675 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 476 | #619 | 0.27 |
| 2009 | 441 | #664 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 441 | #689 | 0.23 |
| 2007 | 424 | #689 | 0.22 |
| 2006 | 410 | #692 | 0.22 |
| 2005 | 459 | #616 | 0.25 |
| 2004 | 405 | #680 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 409 | #650 | 0.22 |
| 2002 | 378 | #671 | 0.21 |
| 2001 | 368 | #679 | 0.20 |
| 2000 | 350 | #682 | 0.19 |
| 1999 | 301 | #746 | 0.17 |
| 1998 | 292 | #745 | 0.17 |
| 1997 | 258 | #806 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 247 | #821 | 0.14 |
| 1995 | 198 | #948 | 0.11 |
| 1994 | 206 | #918 | 0.12 |
| 1993 | 184 | #1,009 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 211 | #924 | 0.11 |
| 1991 | 192 | #978 | 0.10 |
| 1990 | 159 | #1,100 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,170 | 0.08 |
| 1988 | 133 | #1,152 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 121 | #1,196 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 100 | #1,326 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 113 | #1,223 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,243 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 99 | #1,261 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 100 | #1,283 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 85 | #1,439 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,430 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,617 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 48 | #2,004 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 48 | #2,013 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,808 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,310 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,200 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,082 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,339 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,925 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,623 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,746 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,012 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,301 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,079 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,281 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,802 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,292 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,855 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,553 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,560 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,548 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,392 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,954 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,817 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,996 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,731 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,044 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,890 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,225 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 31 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 22 | #2,002 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,778 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,686 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,456 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,273 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 50 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 49 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 49 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 60 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 59 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 59 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 64 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 71 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 61 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 70 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 62 | #900 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 65 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 58 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 54 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 54 | #897 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 35 | #908 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,166 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,217 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1906 | 15 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,639 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,063 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,041 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,570 | 0.02 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1883 | 6 | #884 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #992 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mariam a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mariam has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mariam: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mariam, and how old are they?
16,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 18,560 Americans ever recorded as Mariam. The median Mariam alive today is 17 years old; half are between 8 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 25,815 people named Mariam (25,721 women and girls, 94 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,853 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 156 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 396 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 654 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 6,220 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,960 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mariam born?
The states with the most babies named Mariam are New York, Michigan and California, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 73 | #238 | 2.0× |
| Michigan | 57 | #147 | 2.1× |
| California | 48 | #654 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 47 | #657 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 36 | #312 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 32 | #566 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #381 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 27 | #310 | 1.5× |
| Virginia | 27 | #314 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 23 | #465 | 1.1× |
Where Mariam is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mariam is most over-represented in Michigan: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mariam with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 34,742 babies since 1880, Mariam is the most given (53% of them). In 2025 it was given to 589 of their 1,515 babies (39%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mariam
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mariam and names like it
- Compare Mariam and MaryamBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMariam peaked in 2024.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mariam since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Mariam.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Mariam alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.