girls:
6.4k births since 1990
#2074 (64th percentile)
overall:
6.4k births since 1990
#3396 (56th percentile)
The name Mariyah is the #3,396 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,381 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 56.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,074 (63.7% percentile) for all time with 6,381 births since 1990.
Mariyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for girls in 1990).
For girls, Mariyah reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 41.4% percentile (ranked #551) with 218 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 218 births per million (ranked 41.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mariyah ranks #839 for girls (11.4% percentile) with 65 births per million, which is 29.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mariyah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mariyah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 23 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Maria" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Maria..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Mariyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Mariyah is pronounced as MAH-ree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-REE-uh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA1 R IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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