Moriah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Moriah: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,095 in 2012, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2095highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#2432
2012	#2095
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#2496
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#2499
2019	#2643
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#2488
2023	#2927
2024	#2411

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 England and Wales in 21 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #4137 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2095 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Moriah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Moriah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	25	6 of 10	4
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Moriah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012.

Moriah'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,095, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Adama · #2095, 26y
Renaya · #2095, 16y
Hanya · #2096, 20y
Ismay · #2096, 25y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Arfah · #2095, 11y
Renaya · #2095, 16y
Ayzah · #2090, 16y
Snow · #2090, 14y

Moriah 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 Moriah without appearing here.

Moriah moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Moriah

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1785.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Moriah

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 while Aisling went from #513 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 while Alex went from #233 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Moriah

Ada Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 and Ada from #2301 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 and Alma from #2105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 and Amelia from #25 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Moriah went from #4137 to #2411 and Aria from #2540 to #35.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Moriah

Moriah at a glance

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Popularity journey

Moriah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Moriah at a glance

Moriah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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