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Mariah
Pronounced /məˈɹaɪə/
Rank in 2024
#413
Born in 2024
756
Peak year
1996 · #63
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 756 girls were named Mariah, about 1 in every 2,134.
- It peaked in 1996 with 5,446 babies, ranked #63.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 114,380 girls have been named Mariah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Mariah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 1.2Millennials1981–96
- 2.0Gen Z1997–12
- 0.9Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 722 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 312 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 225 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,144 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 33,269 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Gen Z: 59,230 babies, 2.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 17,971 babies, 0.88 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /məˈɹaɪə/ ==== Proper noun ==== Mariah A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria used since the nineteenth century. Popularized by singer Mariah Carey in the 1990s.
- A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria used since the nineteenth century. Popularized by singer Mariah Carey in the 1990s.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /məˈɹaɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Mariah, CC BY-SA 4.0.