Recorded 1986–2013 Girls' name Peak 2008 41 births

Morriah — girls' name

41 babies named Morriah in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s112000s152010s10
2000s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Morriah was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

9 babies were named Morriah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Morriah

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Morriah between 1986 and 2013, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Morriah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Morriah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Morriah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Morriah 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 41 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.

Morriah at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

41

Since 1986

28 years of records

Peak year

2008

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1986

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2013

Morriah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1986

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2008)
9
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
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Morriah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
15 births that decade — 37% of Morriah's all-time total
1980s51990s112000s152010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Morriah?
41 babies have been named Morriah since 1986. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2008 with 9 births.
When was Morriah most popular?
Morriah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Morriah been used?
Morriah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 28 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Morriah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Morgan, Moriah, Morgen, Morghan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1986–2013 (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.