Moriah
Moriah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 195 births. Its best rank was 478th, in 1992.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1950.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1992517 births
- Best rank
- #478in 1992
- Since 1968
- 13,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
13,173 girls have been named Moriah in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 517 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 35%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Moriah was the 478th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Moriah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alyxpeak 1993
- Beccapeak 1993
- Karishmapeak 1994
- Luceropeak 1994
- Breapeak 1993
- Tianapeak 1998
- Passionpeak 1992
- Monaepeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.