Mariha — girls' name
339 babies named Mariha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
339 girls have been named Mariha since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 339
- total births
- 1978–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Mariha was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Mariha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mariha
The Social Security Administration has registered 339 babies named Mariha between 1978 and 2015, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mariha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mariha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mariha 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 339 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.
Mariha at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mariha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1978
- Peak year (1991)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
339 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 26 births in a single year.
Mariha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 180 births that decade — 53% of Mariha's all-time total
Mariha decade highlights
- Peak decade 180 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mariha's strongest decade
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Mariha by state
Where Mariha concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.9% |
10 of 339 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.