Mariama
Mariama was the 2375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 76 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2318th; the most babies were born in 2024 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved up 914 places. More babies were named Mariama in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,375 girls, up 328 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 76girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202477 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,177babies recorded
Mariama popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,375 | 76 |
| 2020 | #2,703 | 62 |
| 2010 | #3,037 | 56 |
| 2000 | #2,695 | 55 |
| 1990 | #6,716 | 13 |
| 1980 | #7,149 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mariama, counting every spelling?
Mariama has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Mariama?
76 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mariama (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mariama born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 110 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mariama.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mariama?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Mariama are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 9 and 27. That makes Mariama mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mariama by state
How common Mariama was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (6.4×), Ohio (2.6×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Mariama
How popular is the name Mariama?
Mariama was the 2375th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 76 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2318th; the most babies were born in 2024 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved up 914 places. More babies were named Mariama in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Mariama a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mariama in the US.
Where is Mariama most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mariama was most common in New York (0.25 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Georgia.