Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Maryam

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #351 Trend ↑ Rising 43%

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam).

Rank 2025
#351
among girls · ↑40 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
869
named Maryam · +8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,850
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
869 babies
All-time total
13,845
#1,362 all-time among girls
First recorded
1946
in Social Security records

Maryam popularity over time

13,845 babies have been named Maryam since 1946, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s 13 1 – #3,870
1950s – – – –
1960s 66 7 – #4,095
1970s 284 28 +330% #2,009
1980s 600 60 +111% #1,743
1990s 1,191 119 +98% #1,171
2000s 2,455 246 +106% #922
2010s 4,932 493 +101% #482
2020s (to 2025) 4,304 717 +45% #351

Where Maryam is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 926 0.58 #333
2027 976 0.61 #313
2028 1,022 0.64 #300
2029 1,062 0.66 #289
2030 1,098 0.68 #281

Where Maryam is most popular

Girls named Maryam per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.457 per 1,000. Strongest in New York, Michigan, and Illinois.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Maryam born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New York 601 1.52 +232%
Michigan 212 1.16 +155%
Illinois 245 1.07 +134%
Minnesota 109 1.01 +121%
Virginia 142 0.833 +82%
New Jersey 146 0.809 +77%
Pennsylvania 182 0.770 +69%
Maryland 79 0.746 +63%
Ohio 172 0.725 +59%
Washington 97 0.672 +47%
Massachusetts 69 0.571 +25%
Connecticut 28 0.481 +5%
California 402 0.478 +5%
Texas 372 0.463 ≈ national
Colorado 42 0.376 -18%
Nebraska 13 0.362 -21%
Georgia 78 0.343 -25%
Tennessee 54 0.341 -25%
Florida 143 0.334 -27%
Missouri 39 0.324 -29%
North Carolina 70 0.307 -33%
Kentucky 24 0.281 -39%
Wisconsin 27 0.262 -43%
Arizona 34 0.242 -47%
Indiana 34 0.242 -47%
Idaho 8 0.239 -48%
Iowa 13 0.222 -51%
Louisiana 14 0.160 -65%
Oregon 10 0.154 -66%
South Carolina 12 0.133 -71%
Nevada 6 0.129 -72%
Alabama 7 0.075 -84%
Oklahoma 5 0.068 -85%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Maryam

Maryam is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #351 in 2025 with 869 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1946, 13,845 American babies have been named Maryam. Its peak came in 2025, when 869 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Maryam stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Maryam?

The median living Maryam is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 20. An estimated 14 thousand people named Maryam are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Maryam year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 869 #351
2024 807 #391
2023 741 #415
2022 722 #435
2021 565 #541
2020 600 #507
2019 592 #523
2018 550 #564
2017 647 #482
2016 562 #556
2015 542 #571
2014 494 #598
2013 428 #668
2012 415 #680
2011 353 #770
2010 349 #790
2009 281 #950
2008 262 #1,010
2007 294 #922
2006 273 #957
2005 229 #1,045
2004 255 #945
2003 197 #1,121
2002 223 #990
2001 206 #1,042
2000 235 #923
1995 122 #1,352
1990 79 #1,820
1985 55 #1,990
1980 60 #1,822
1975 29 #2,654
1970 16 #3,813
1965 10 #4,395
1960 7 #5,513
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Maryam

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Maryam Mirzakhani Maryam Mirzakhani Iranian mathematician (1977–2017) Contemporary
  2. 2 Maryam d'Abo Maryam d'Abo British actress (born 1960) Contemporary
  3. 3 Maryam Rajavi Maryam Rajavi Iranian opposition leader (born 1953) Contemporary
  4. 4 Maryam Namazie Maryam Namazie Iranian human rights activist, broadcaster b. 1966 · Contemporary
  5. 5 Maryam Yusuf Jamal Maryam Yusuf Jamal Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner b. 1984 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Maryam, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Maryam?

The median living Maryam is about 10 years old. Half of all living Maryams are between 4 and 20 years old.

How many people named Maryam are alive today?

An estimated 14 thousand people named Maryam are alive in the United States, based on 13,845 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Maryam mean?

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam).

How popular is the name Maryam in 2025?

Maryam ranked #351 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 869 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Maryam?

13,845 babies have been named Maryam in the United States since 1946, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Maryam most popular?

Maryam peaked in 2025, when 869 newborns received the name.

Is Maryam a boy or girl name?

Maryam is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Maryam rising or falling?

Maryam is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Maryam become more popular?

Maryam is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,098 girls named Maryam in 2030, which would rank around #281. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Maryam?

Well-known people named Maryam include Maryam Mirzakhani (mathematician), Maryam d'Abo (actor), Maryam Rajavi (politician).

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