Maryam

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maryam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maryam: Recorded since 1956, its highest recorded position is #57, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
134times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#57highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#229
1997	#211
1998	#199
1999	#165
2000	#158
2001	#155
2002	#148
2003	#150
2004	#149
2005	#127
2006	#129
2007	#118
2008	#99
2009	#102
2010	#99
2011	#94
2012	#81
2013	#80
2014	#74
2015	#75
2016	#79
2017	#78
2018	#82
2019	#84
2020	#86
2021	#82
2022	#75
2023	#77
2024	#57

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 66 of the 70 years from 1956 to 2025.

In 2025: #65 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #160 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #169 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1956–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #414 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #57 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #65 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Maryam appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 66 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 1,128 births with the name.

Maryam across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Maryam's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#414 (1956)	#169 (2025)	#169 (2025)	66 of 70	1,128 (1956–2025)	31 (1989)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#446 (1990)	#145 (2024)	#160 (2025)	26 of 36	313 (1990–2025)	32 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#229 (1996)	#57 (2024)	#57 (2024)	29 of 29	14,781 (1996–2024)	754 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#372 (2004)	#372 (2004)	#391 (2023)	4 of 20	12 (2004–2023)	3 (2004)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#93 (2015)	#65 (2025)	#65 (2025)	8 of 11	643 (2015–2025)	107 (2025)

Maryam by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maryam in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	79	9 of 10	9
1970s	130	10 of 10	13
1980s	207	10 of 10	21
1990s	167	10 of 10	17
2000s	157	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	259	10 of 10	26
2020s	124	6 of 10	21

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 26 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Maryam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in England and Wales in 2024.

Maryam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#57	752	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#77	606	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#75	646	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#82	621	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#86	592	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#84	631	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#82	634	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#78	686	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#79	711	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#75	754	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#74	705	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#80	701	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#81	700	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#94	616	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#99	587	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#102	531	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#99	584	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#118	465	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#129	421	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#127	431	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#149	348	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#150	323	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#148	298	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#155	296	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#158	282	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#165	269	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#199	215	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#211	200	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#229	176	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#169	29	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#344	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#173	29	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#267	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#191	22	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#238	19	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#194	26	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#218	23	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#189	28	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#190	30	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#211	26	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#234	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#237	24	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#191	30	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#260	21	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#221	27	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#247	22	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#298	16	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#338	13	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#271	18	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#241	21	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#317	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#244	19	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#337	12	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#401	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#266	16	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#378	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#265	16	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#246	20	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#272	17	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#248	21	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#246	21	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#365	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#278	19	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#203	31	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#250	22	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#280	18	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#212	26	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#214	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#257	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#242	20	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#253	20	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#254	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#228	22	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#287	16	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#400	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#303	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#291	15	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#378	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#331	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#280	15	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#332	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#389	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#306	11	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#320	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#511	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#441	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#467	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#446	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#414	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	29	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	32	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	17	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#184	22	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1956 and 2025, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #57, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 754 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1990, and 68 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mary-Rose · #896, 15y
Marya · #1234, 29y
Maryama · #1065, 27y
Maryan · #336, 55y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Frederick · #55, 67y
Karina · #55, 71y
Jill · #62, 71y
Joy · #62, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Gerald · #57, 63y
Connie · #58, 69y
Darryl · #58, 66y
Janette · #58, 45y

Maryam was ranked #57 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Maryam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maryam without appearing here.

Maryam moved ahead of

Shania Compare
In 2015 they stood at #494 and #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #302 and #868.
Bernadette Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #403 and #862.
Suzanne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #403 and #750.
Hilde Compare
In 2024 they stood at #344 and #338 in Norway · Girls; by 2025 that had become #169 and #506.

Moved ahead of Maryam

Heidi Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #370.
Iben Compare
In 1999 they stood at #266 and #291 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #401 and #195.
Leah Compare
In 1999 they stood at #266 and #351 in Norway · Girls; by 2000 that had become #401 and #207.
Poppy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #403 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #677 and #511.

Moved the opposite way to Maryam

Åse Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 while Åse went from #38 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 while Aud went from #14 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 while Bjørg went from #12 to #369.
Eileen Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 while Eileen went from #348 to #501.

Moved the same way as Maryam

Anna Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 and Anna from #72 to #23.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 and Charlotte from #432 to #162.
Elise Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 and Elise from #278 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1956 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Maryam went from #414 to #169 and Ella from #195 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maryam

Maryam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maryam across 5 official records

Maryam by decade in Norway · Girls

Maryam appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Maryam

Maryam and the names beside it

Maryam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maryam

Moved the opposite way to Maryam

Moved the same way as Maryam

Maryam at a glance

Maryam across 5 official records

Maryam by decade in Norway · Girls

Maryam appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Maryam

Maryam and the names beside it

Maryam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maryam

Moved the opposite way to Maryam

Moved the same way as Maryam