How rare is the name Mariama?

3,901 people in the United States have the first name Mariama, about 1 in 77,424. It ranks #4,677 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARIAMA

#4,677

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,901
About
1 in 77,424
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,901 people named Mariama, 92.4% reported their origin as Black, 2.6% as two or more races and 2.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mariama peaked in 2024, when 77 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
77
In 2025*
76 ▼1%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,177 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mariama by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,568. The largest share of babies named Mariama, 44.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#7,560116
1980s#11,89875
1990s#5,203374
2000s#4,568634
2010s#4,975598
2020s#4,770380
Generation X 1965–805.7%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1244.3%
2013 and later36.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mariama is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mariama has been most common in New York (8.5×), Maryland (4.1×), and Georgia (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.86×).

1,030 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mariama

#4,675 Salman · 3,904#4,676 Bonifacio · 3,903#4,678 Jelani · 3,900#4,679 Reign · 3,899

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mariama, most common first.

#703 Marina · 72,807#797 Marian · 61,582#832 Mariana · 56,200#1,376 Mariam · 25,815#1,642 Maryam · 19,209#1,791 Marianna · 16,634#1,914 Mariano · 14,757#3,427 Mariann · 6,075

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