How popular is the name Mariam?

Mariam ranks 986th among girls' names in US records, with 17,987 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,405.

Is Mariam a unisex name?

No. Mariam is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 621 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#986 of girl names

Pronounced M EH1 R IY0 AE0 M (ARPABET)

Mariam is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 17,987 children — the 986th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2024, when 621 children were given it.

2024Girls: 621Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mariam?: Mariam ranks 986th among girls' names in US records, with 17,987 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,405.
Is Mariam a unisex name?: No. Mariam is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mariam most popular?: 2024, when 621 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.