Mariyam — #5662 US girls' name
324 babies named Mariyam in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Mariyam was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Mariyam in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mariyam
The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Mariyam between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariyam currently holds the #5662 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariyam performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mariyam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mariyam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mariyam 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 324 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.
Mariyam at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Mariyam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #5662 among girls.
324 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 22 births in a single year.
Mariyam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 116 births that decade — 36% of Mariyam's all-time total
Mariyam decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mariyam's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Mariyam by state
Where Mariyam concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 7.1% |
23 of 324 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.1% 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, 1988–2024 (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.