girls:
2.2k births since 1974
#3704 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1974
#5634 (27th percentile)
The name Maryah is the #5,634 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,154 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 27.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,704 (35.2% percentile) for all time with 2,154 births since 1974.
Maryah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Maryah is available in 43 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Maryah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #866) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 59 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Maryah ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 19.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maryah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Maryah", 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 7 different pronunciations for the name Maryah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.9% confident that Maryah is pronounced as MEH-ree-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mer-AI-uh, at 23.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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