How Many People Are Named Moriah?
people named Moriah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 25,694 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,507 babies named Moriah in Social Security records from 1968 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
517 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "seen by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. This is a place name in the Old Testament, both the land where Abraham is to sacrifice Isaac and the mountain upon which Solomon builds the temple. They may be the same place. Since the 1980s it has occasionally been used as a feminine given name in America.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Moriah, 99.2% were girls and 0.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Moriah alive today is about 23 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Moriah first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1992, to 517 babies. In 2025, 221 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Moriah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #478, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,093.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,093 |
| Best rank | #478 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #535 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Moriah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Moriah were born in California than in any other state: about 1,304 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Moriah was given 1.7 times as often in Colorado, 1.7 times in North Carolina and 1.5 times in Missouri.
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