Maria

#87 for girls in 2025, 2,887 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1975 · 7,542 births
Debut · girls
125 births
In top 100 · girls
75 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
566,111
since 1880

Maria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #30, 1975girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#872,887#10,6956
2024#743,122#8,9878
2023#822,907
2022#912,849
2021#1052,604#8,1669
2020#1092,493#7,50210
2019#1062,717#8,8898
2018#1152,621
2017#1112,717#12,2465
2016#1132,812#9,6647
2015#1092,833#10,6446
2014#1142,777#10,7176
2013#1112,821#12,1365
2012#1013,034#10,7706
2011#923,221#9,6007
2010#863,421#6,35913
2009#704,143#6,09514
2008#634,593#6,39313
2007#535,129#5,90114
2006#465,604#6,09413
2005#465,600#3,61526
2004#425,757#3,28529
2003#426,091#4,27619
2002#406,391#3,45025
2001#416,842#4,89015
2000#416,857#4,57316
1999#397,035#2,79530
1998#436,817#3,19124
1997#387,314#2,26037
1996#377,598#2,33234
1995#447,003#1,84147
1994#476,753#2,01241
1993#456,978#1,44465
1992#457,091#1,51059
1991#457,136#1,13993
1990#477,186#1,042103
1989#566,345#967111
1988#605,713#961100
1987#535,678#95497
1986#496,142#93296
1985#526,013#93994
1984#506,136#95186
1983#436,847#1,04072
1982#427,348#823116
1981#407,681#94790
1980#367,875#1,04774
1979#377,339#95286
1978#367,021#1,07965
1977#367,094#1,15857
1976#347,358#1,08460
1975#307,542#92578
1974#317,804#1,06560
1973#317,667#1,00365
1972#327,721#1,06058
1971#378,141#1,10954
1970#398,686#1,03162
1969#408,401#93167
1968#418,386#1,11945
1967#428,878#98155
1966#449,132#98455
1965#469,480#1,14443
1964#4110,148#1,08249
1963#439,854#1,31835
1962#499,089#1,20442
1961#577,947#1,27938
1960#597,535#1,21042
1959#627,249#1,09050
1958#656,899#1,37032
1957#716,778#1,18543
1956#736,733#1,56825
1955#696,210#1,13843
1954#656,590#1,24236
1953#685,992#1,17040
1952#725,695#1,34731
1951#755,236#1,46226
1950#735,076#1,49924
1949#725,123#1,06344
1948#754,817#1,19436
1947#794,712#1,36329
1946#883,960#1,38226
1945#863,313#1,22729
1944#803,361#1,68317
1943#1032,863#1,39925
1942#972,817#1,16735
1941#1022,470#1,20930
1940#1192,135#1,13534
1939#1192,077#1,01539
1938#1222,012#1,09535
1937#1221,953#1,34425
1936#1201,981#1,22529
1935#1171,995#98042
1934#1151,990#1,35725
1933#1221,862#1,20230
1932#1192,045#1,21631
1931#1092,185#1,11137
1930#992,540#89255
1929#1002,532#1,05542
1928#1052,565#1,14738
1927#1072,592#99050
1926#1152,352#1,43226
1925#1152,360#1,24633
1924#1192,291#1,53225
1923#1332,000#1,69621
1922#1321,929#1,50325
1921#1292,028#1,39029
1920#1301,935#1,64222
1919#1381,678#1,69520
1918#1471,544#3,3687
1917#1461,441#2,56210
1916#1591,261#1,94915
1915#1461,286#1,78216
1914#1351,117#2,4578
1913#133909#1,9459
1912#133828#2,0457
1911#129646#1,3877
1910#132621
1909#130544
1908#142480
1907#136490
1906#153388
1905#139430
1904#143393
1903#144379
1902#156331
1901#140350
1900#149389
1899#167266
1898#155329
1897#152304
1896#151312
1895#151295
1894#139309
1893#155255
1892#134301
1891#142248
1890#141247
1889#143238
1888#138239
1887#133203
1886#142180
1885#138175
1884#129190
1883#137141
1882#147121
1881#132120
1880#131125
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maria was already there! It came in at #131, and was given to 125 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 150 girls a year got the name.

See more about Maria
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#74#87)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#109#87)
  • 22 spots since 2015 (#109#87)
  • Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1944 (#103#80)
  • Biggest drop: 21 spots in 1893 (#134#155)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #30 (7,542 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 75 yrs · run 1944–2011
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 185
  • Highest: 1 in 185 girls born in 1966 were named Maria (0.54%)
  • Latest: 1 in 557 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
  • Its best rank, #30 in 1975, was only 1 in 193 (0.52%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 15.7% of all girls named Maria (88,850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,732#129 (1884)#137
1890s2,866#134 (1892)#149
1900s4,174#130 (1909)#143
1910s11,331#129 (1911)#140
1920s22,584#100 (1929)#119
1930s20,640#99 (1930)#116
1940s35,571#72 (1949)#90
1950s62,458#62 (1959)#69
1960s88,850#40 (1969)#46
1970s76,373#30 (1975)#34
1980s65,778#36 (1980)#48
1990s70,911#37 (1996)#43
2000s57,007#40 (2002)#48
2010s28,974#86 (2010)#106
2020s16,862#74 (2024)#91

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Maria in 2010

girls
#86
3,421 births · 1 in 520 girls
boys
#6,359
13 births · 1 in 147,590 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #86Maria3,421

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #6,359Maria13
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 520 of them was named Maria, which outranked 99.6% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maria
  1. #82Serenity3,486
  2. #84Ariana3,477
  3. #85Stella3,440
  4. #86Maria3,421
  5. #87Molly3,362
  6. #88Caroline3,360
  7. #89Genesis3,303
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,433Tenley#2,892#459
  2. 2,126Elin#2,852#726
  3. 664Jordynn#1,353#689
  4. 623Kynlee#1,509#886
  5. 513Farrah#1,063#550
Fallers
  1. 502Calleigh#834#1,336
  2. 491Marely#851#1,342
  3. 477Analia#331#808
  4. 417Destiney#900#1,317
  5. 326Dayanara#810#1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 147,590 of them was named Maria, which outranked 55.4% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maria
  1. #6,036Zebulun14
  2. #6,036Zoltan14
  3. #6,036Zymarion14
  4. #6,359Maria13
  5. #6,359Aadhav13
  6. #6,359Abhimanyu13
  7. #6,359Abir13
  8. #6,698Aareon12
  9. #6,698Aariv12
  10. #6,698Abelino12

Tied with 338 names at #6,359; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. 2,631Bentlee#3,476#845
  2. 1,735Jencarlos#2,663#928
  3. 1,536Bently#2,203#667
  4. 940Callen#1,638#698
  5. 892Bode#1,665#773
Fallers
  1. 314Dereon#953#1,267
  2. 290Aaden#271#561
  3. 248Landin#935#1,183
  4. 229Rigoberto#920#1,149
  5. 191Dillan#793#984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010