Mariah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mariah: Recorded since 1994, it reached #339 in 2002, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#402
1997	#460
1998	#444
1999	#419
2000	#472
2001	#605
2002	#702
2003	#690
2004	#840
2005	#708
2006	#678
2007	#675
2008	#650
2009	#701
2010	#683
2011	#749
2012	#916
2013	#865
2014	#877
2015	#1007
2016	#813
2017	#949
2018	#1170
2019	#1039
2020	#1127
2021	#1402
2022	#1120
2023	#1469
2024	#1672

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 31 years from 1994 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1994–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2021
Highest recorded position: #339 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2021).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mariah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,282 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1994.

Mariah across 3 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.

Mariah'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#502 (1994)	#425 (1998)	#898 (2024)	14 of 31	63 (1994–2024)	9 (2012)
England and Wales · Girls	#402 (1996)	#402 (1996)	#1672 (2024)	29 of 29	1,282 (1996–2024)	80 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#339 (2002)	#350 (2021)	5 of 20	16 (2002–2021)	4 (2021)

Mariah 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 Mariah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	284	4 of 10	71
2000sbusiest	465	10 of 10	47
2010s	413	10 of 10	41
2020s	120	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 47 births a year.

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

Mariah 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 3 regions, from 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002.

Mariah'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1120	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#949	39	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#813	47	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1007	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#877	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#865	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#749	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#701	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#650	57	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#675	51	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#678	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#708	43	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#690	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#702	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#605	43	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#472	63	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#419	74	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#444	67	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#460	63	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#402	80	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1994 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 80 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 8 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.

Mari-Ann · #213, 33y
Maria · #3, 81y
Mariam · #93, 65y
Mariama · #1153, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Bronwen · #339, 31y
Carley · #339, 30y
Colt · #339, 25y
Julianna · #339, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Antoine · #339, 30y
Arden · #339, 24y
Callam · #339, 18y
Colt · #339, 25y

Mariah was ranked #339 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2002. 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.

Mariah 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 Mariah without appearing here.

Mariah moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1007 and #891 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #813 and #1525.
Jamie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1402 and #1351 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1120 and #1685.
Stacey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #916 and #916 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #865 and #1324.
Renee Compare
In 2011 they stood at #695 and #695 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #474 and #907.

Moved ahead of Mariah

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1039 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #460.
Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1640 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #1036.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #749 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #916 and #284.
Mari Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1120 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1469 and #921.

Moved the opposite way to Mariah

Abigail Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 while Abigail went from #220 to #79.
Alice Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 while Alice went from #92 to #52.
Anna Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 while Anna went from #49 to #29.
Annie Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 while Annie went from #187 to #41.

Moved the same way as Mariah

Aoife Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 and Aoife from #6 to #45.
Audrey Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 and Audrey from #240 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 and Eileen from #125 to #372.
Margaret Compare
Between 1994 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mariah went from #502 to #898 and Margaret from #45 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #339 in Northern Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mariah

Mariah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mariah across 3 official records

Mariah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mariah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mariah

Mariah and the names beside it

Mariah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mariah

Moved the opposite way to Mariah

Moved the same way as Mariah

Mariah at a glance

Mariah across 3 official records

Mariah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mariah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Mariah

Mariah and the names beside it

Mariah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mariah

Moved the opposite way to Mariah

Moved the same way as Mariah