Mariama

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mariama: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,153 in 2006, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1153highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1958
1998	#1979
1999	#1805
2000	#1250
2001	#2226
2002	#1784
2003	#1472
2004	#1383
2005	#1200
2006	#1153
2007	#1854
2008	#1176
2009	#1248
2010	#1257
2011	#1489
2012	#1387
2013	#1400
2014	#1562
2015	#1549
2016	#1689
2017	#1512
2018	#1490
2019	#1497
2020	#1618
2021	#2073
2022	#1767
2023	#1959
2024	#1819

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1153 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mariama 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 Mariama in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	167	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	210	10 of 10	21
2020s	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Mariama 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1153 in England and Wales in 2006.

Mariama'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	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1549	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1176	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,153, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,819position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 200825 to 49 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mariah · #339, 30y
Mariam · #93, 65y
Marian · #57, 75y
Mariana · #359, 59y

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.

Dior · #1153, 27y
Willis · #1152, 28y
Shayma · #1151, 27y
Muskan · #1150, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dior · #1153, 27y
Hadleigh · #1152, 21y
Khalifa · #1152, 23y
Willis · #1152, 28y

Mariama 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 Mariama without appearing here.

Mariama moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #4137.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1819 and #3695.
Jeanette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1958 and #3824.
Helene Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Mariama

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1250 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #1107.
Mila Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1250 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #1107.
Audrey Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1250 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #1170.
Ida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1153 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1854 and #987.

Moved the opposite way to Mariama

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mariama went from #1257 to #1819 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Mariama

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mariama went from #1250 to #1819 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1153 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mariama

Mariama at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mariama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mariama appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mariama at a glance

Mariama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mariama appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mariama and the names beside it

Mariama moved ahead of

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