NameTides

Moriah

Moriah was the #1,092 girls' name in the US in 2025 (221 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Moriah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Moriah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Moriah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,092 (221)#1,512 (20)#1,668 (14)
2024#1,207 (196)#2,412 (11)#1,479 (16)
2023#1,032 (246)#2,928 (8)#1,254 (19)
2022#1,309 (180)#2,488 (10)#1,362 (17)
2021#1,273 (182)#2,201 (12)#1,381 (17)
2020#1,196 (193)#2,163 (12)#1,490 (15)
2019#1,123 (216)#2,643 (9)#1,798 (12)
2018#1,181 (203)#2,499 (10)#1,259 (19)
2017#1,058 (242)#4,063 (5)#1,784 (12)
2016#960 (282)#4,763 (4)#1,399 (17)
2015#972 (278)#2,496 (10)#1,202 (20)
2014#970 (275)#3,160 (7)#1,901 (11)
2013#941 (268)#3,160 (7)#2,376 (8)
2012#862 (309)#2,095 (13)#2,158 (9)
2011#821 (323)#2,432 (10)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #480.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 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 7,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Moriah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,200 to 1 in 8,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Moriah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Moriah (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#1,4107

Moriah (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
MoriahCanadaGirls#1,66814
MoriahEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
MoriahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MoriahUSGirls#1,092221
MoriahUSBoys—too few