How popular is the name Mariem?

224 US babies were named Mariem between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2017.

What careers are people named Mariem over-represented in?

Among notable women who are basketball players, Mariems show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Mariem

Q: How common is the spelling Mariem?

1 in 150 Mariams spell it Mariem.

Mariem (Arabic origin). 224 US babies since 1940, peak 2017. Notable Mariems are 1.5× over-represented as basketball players.

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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: 2017

224 US babies were named Mariem between 1940 and 2025.

Mariem around the world

France: 1,475 babies since 1900, peak 2016, No. 1,074 in 2025
Belgium: 242 babies since 1995, peak 2000
England & Wales: 50 babies since 1996, peak 2009
Sweden: 28 babies since 1998, peak 2015

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Mariems end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Basketball player	1.5×	Low · 3 people
Writer	1.2×	Low · 2 people
Politician	1.1×	Low · 2 people
Footballer	1.0×	Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are basketball players, Mariems show up 1.5× 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 150 Mariams spell it Mariem

Mariam 51%
Maryam 41%
Maram 3%
Mariame 1%
Marium 1%
Mariyam 1%
Maryum 1%
Mariem 1%
Marieme 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2017)