Name meaning & stats
Mariame
Mariame (Arabic origin). 351 US babies since 1940, peak 2025. Notable Mariames are 2.0× over-represented as basketball players.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
ArabicSpelling of Maryam
Maryam around the world
- Mariam · French
- Maryām · Italian
- Мар'ям · Ukrainian
- مريم · Arabic
- Марьям · Russian
- マリアム · Japanese
- 玛丽亚姆 · Chinese
Famous Maryams
- Maryam Mirzakhani · Iranian mathematician (1977–2017)
- Maryam Yusuf Jamal · Bahraini track and field athlete
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
351 US babies were named Mariame between 1940 and 2025.
Mariame around the world
- France: 3,110 babies since 1900, peak 2024, No. 353 in 2025
- Belgium: 137 babies since 1995, peak 2024, No. 820 in 2025
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Mariames end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball player | 2.0× | Low · 6 people |
| Writer | 1.2× | Low · 2 people |
| Politician | 1.0× | Low · 1 people |
| Model | 1.1× | Low · 1 people |
Among notable women who are basketball players, Mariames show up 2.0× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 96 Mariams spell it Mariame
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)