Girl
Mariam
Mariam means "Arabic/Aramaic form of Mary" and comes from Arabic, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. 2016 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
ArabicArabic/Aramaic form of Mary
Etymology"Beloved" or "bitter"
Births by decade
1900s
96
1910s
410
1920s
589
1930s
349
1940s
248
1950s
251
1960s
341
1970s
434
1980s
1,082
1990s
2,246
2000s
4,078
2010s
4,022
Peaked in the 2000s · 14,146 total U.S. births since 1900