NameTides

Mariah

Mariah was the #447 girls' name in the US in 2025 (693 babies), and #1,166 in England & Wales and #742 in Canada.

Mariah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mariah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Mariah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#447 (693)#1,166 (28)———#742 (40)
2024#413 (760)#1,672 (18)——#898 (3)#621 (47)
2023#393 (783)#1,469 (21)——#727 (4)#886 (30)
2022#345 (933)#1,120 (30)——#905 (3)#640 (44)
2021#340 (958)#1,402 (22)—#350 (4)—#560 (53)
2020#302 (1,071)#1,127 (29)—#397 (3)—#498 (59)
2019#276 (1,197)#1,039 (33)———#458 (71)
2018#216 (1,440)#1,170 (29)———#442 (73)
2017#195 (1,617)#949 (39)——#651 (5)#465 (70)
2016#166 (1,930)#813 (47)—#440 (3)—#420 (81)
2015#152 (2,118)#1,007 (35)———#381 (90)
2014#137 (2,409)#877 (43)———#305 (108)
2013#113 (2,773)#865 (43)—#440 (3)—#296 (111)
2012#107 (2,908)#916 (40)——#474 (9)#377 (86)
2011#98 (2,995)#749 (50)——#695 (5)#290 (115)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #63.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mariah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 2,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mariah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #428NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #359INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #335PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #432CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #634CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #364TNNorth Carolina: #472NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #271LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #290GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #342FL
Mariah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59021

Mariah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MariahCanadaGirls#74240
MariahEngland & WalesGirls#1,16628
MariahIrelandGirls—too few
MariahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MariahScotlandGirls—too few
MariahUSGirls#447693
MariahUSBoys—too few