Moriah — #1211 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Moriah

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,173 babies named Moriah between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Moriah currently holds the #1211 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 517 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Moriah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,615 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Moriah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,313 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Moriah in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Moriah 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 13,173 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.