Girls' name · since 1979
Muriah
Muriah has 103 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
103 girls have been named Muriah since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muriah has been recorded 103 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1998.
- #26,809 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 103 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Muriah ranks #26,809 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Muriah's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Muriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Muriah splits its recorded history at 1989: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Muriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1998
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Muriah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Muriah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Muriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Muriah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1979–1998 (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 Muriah 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.