Moriah
Moriah is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Moriah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Moriah is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Moriah
Moriah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 517 Moriahs were born — ranking #477 that year. As of 2026, Moriah ranks #1,142 for baby girls with 212 births, holding steady (+0%). In total, more than 14K Moriahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Moriah
Moriah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Moriah's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #477. Use the chart and map above to compare Moriah'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 .
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