Girls' name · since 1974
Maryah
Maryah has 2,186 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,186
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maryah is the #8017 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,186 recorded since 1974.
Maryah has 2,186 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8017 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #4,440 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,017 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,186 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryah ranks #4,440 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,017 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,186 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,440 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,186
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maryah's 2,186 recorded births place it above 93.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maryah compares
2,186 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Maryah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maryah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 124 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maryah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maryah splits its recorded history at 2003: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 124 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maryah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 124
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Maryah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (807 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Maryah's strongest decade.
807 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Maryah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
502 births
- 2000s
2000s
807 births
- 2010s
2010s
674 births
- 2020s 132
2020s
132 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 807 births (37% of all-time use).
How Maryah 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 Maryah's total volume
Maryah by state
Where Maryah concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 266 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 151 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 98 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 56 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 40 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 32 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 23 | 1.1% |
266 of 2,186 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Maryah appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maryah's data
- Maryah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (807 total births); usage has since declined to 132 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maryahs (266 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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Names with a similar popularity rank to Maryah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maryah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Maryah 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.