NameTides

Mariama

Mariama was the #2,368 girls' name in the US in 2025 (76 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Mariama as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Mariama as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Mariama as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,368 (76)#2,006 (14)—#1,315 (19)
2024#2,362 (77)#1,819 (16)—#1,234 (20)
2023#3,047 (54)#1,959 (14)—#1,254 (19)
2022#3,073 (53)#1,767 (16)#760 (3)#1,854 (11)
2021#2,892 (58)#2,073 (13)—#1,229 (20)
2020#2,682 (62)#1,618 (18)—#1,359 (17)
2019#2,923 (56)#1,497 (20)—#922 (29)
2018#2,557 (68)#1,490 (21)—#1,376 (17)
2017#3,192 (50)#1,512 (21)—#1,506 (15)
2016#2,502 (72)#1,689 (18)—#1,533 (15)
2015#3,254 (50)#1,549 (20)—#1,080 (23)
2014#3,041 (55)#1,562 (19)—#1,600 (14)
2013#2,870 (59)#1,400 (23)—#1,512 (15)
2012#2,935 (58)#1,387 (23)—#1,904 (11)
2011#2,454 (74)#1,489 (20)—#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,362.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 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 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mariama is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mariama by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Mariama (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MariamaCanadaGirls#1,31519
MariamaEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
MariamaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MariamaScotlandGirls—too few
MariamaUSGirls#2,36876