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The first name 
Mariah

Mariah is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Mariah – known and loved in the US!

The name Mariah isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Mariah ranks 164. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 11 were named Mariah. In the entire USA, approximately 109,607 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Mariah. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Mariah

What does the name 
Mariah mean?

The name Mariah is of Hebrew origin and means ‘bitter’ or ‘wished for child.’ In the Bible, Mariah was an alternate name for Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron.

The spelling Mariah... and its use in an English-language context suggests the traditional English pronunciation of Latin Maria.

Mariah has several well-known namesakes

A singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress

Mariah Carey (*1969)
The US-American is a pop, hip-hop and R&B singer, songwriter, producer and actress. With 19 number one hits in the USA, five Grammy Awards and more than 200 million records sold, she is one of the most successful female singers of our time. With an estimated fortune of 520 million US dollars, she is also one of the richest musicians in the world.

A former US figure skater

Mariah Bell (*1996)
Mariah Bell is a former US figure skater who competed in singles. In January 2022, Bell became US champion for the first time. At the age of 25, she was the oldest champion since Beatrix Loughran in 1927. She finished tenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics, while her fourth place at the 2022 World Championships was the best World Championships result of her career.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Mariah, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Mariah? Are you also called Mariah? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

Santa Maria...

is the name of three cities: one is located on the island of Sal in the island state of Cape Verde, another in California in the USA and another in southern Brazil.

A hurricane

»Hurricane Maria« was a deadly Category 5 hurricane in September 2017. It devastated the northeastern Caribbean, particularly the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

An atoll

There is a small coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean named »Îles Maria«. Also known as »Hull Island«, its original name is »Nororotu«.

Mariah -
always with us since 1880

Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Mariah is a staple in the country: Girls have been given the name Mariah for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Mariah is therefore one of only 432 girls’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Mariah is a very special name, which reached its peak of popularity only in the last quarter of the 20th century, ranking in the top 100 girls' names in our SmartGenius statistics: With position 61 Mariah has never been more popular than back in 1998.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Mariah was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

921 newborn babies with the name Mariah in 2022

As many as 921 babies were named Mariah in the USA in 2022, ranking it #313 on the list of the most popular girls' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1962, when it was only ranked at #5,843 of all female names in our SmartGenius statistics – back then only 5 girls were named Mariah.

Mariah -
well known in all states of the USA, most popular in New Mexico

There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Mariah is one of them. However, Mariah is not equally widespread in all states, but people in New Mexico seem to particularly fancy this name – the 2,026 women called Mariah who live here are 0,256% of all female residents and push their name up to #97, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in New Mexico.

Mariah has 6 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With six letters, the name Mariah is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, a, r, i, a and h

If you take all the letters in the name Mariah – M, a, r, i, a and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Marhia or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Mariah

If your name is Mariah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Mariah

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Mariah, you can simply say:

Mouse

Apple

Rocket

Igloo

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Mariah is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Mariah in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Mariah

Mariah

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Mariah

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Mariah is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
A
R
I
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Mariah

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
A
R
I
A
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Mariah sounds like this: