Feminine dossier · first seen 1968

Moriah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Moriah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

517

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1968Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

62.3%

2024

195

All-time

13,173

Moriah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 517 girls were named Moriah.

In 2024, only 195 girls were given the name.

Down 62.3% from its peak.

All told, about 13,173 Americans have been named Moriah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1968.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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