Mariem
Mariem is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Mariem
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mariem is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Mariem
The earliest SSA record of Mariem as a baby girl name dates back to 1992, when 7 babies received it. 2017 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Mariem — #7,438 in the national rankings. About 49% of every Mariem on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mariem last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 215 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Mariem
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Mariem. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Mariem
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About the name Mariem
Mariem is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 215 births in the dataset. Mariem's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #7,438. Use the chart and map above to compare Mariem's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.