Mariama — #2364 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mariama

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,099 babies named Mariama between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariama currently holds the #2364 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariama performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 634 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mariama shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 651 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariama in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mariama 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 2,099 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.