Mari

#1,611 for girls in 2025, 129 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1954 · 361 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,579
since 1897

Mari over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mari has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #464, 1954girls
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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#1,611129#10,6956
2024#1,509143#8,9878
2023#1,430156#6,51713
2022#1,468150#9,8237
2021#1,516139#7,58710
2020#1,99194—
2019#1,789114—
2018#1,840110#9,6707
2017#1,752120—
2016#1,908105—
2015#2,16987#12,0865
2014#1,99799#12,1085
2013#1,834110—
2012#1,690124—
2011#1,661128—
2010#1,678126—
2009#1,572143—
2008#1,774124—
2007#1,570144—
2006#1,403161—
2005#1,406152#11,4725
2004#1,278167—
2003#1,358149—
2002#1,258157—
2001#1,235163—
2000#1,305146—
1999#1,174165—
1998#1,125170—
1997#1,110169—
1996#1,071173—
1995#998188—
1994#1,004185—
1993#1,174149—
1992#1,021184—
1991#1,051173—
1990#935203—
1989#915198—
1988#885199—
1987#980161—
1986#958164—
1985#950163—
1984#875173—
1983#854179—
1982#791204—
1981#804200—
1980#871176—
1979#862180—
1978#1,006135—
1977#995136—
1976#932138—
1975#873153—
1974#772179—
1973#736190—
1972#753185—
1971#722210—
1970#692226—
1969#673218—
1968#625236—
1967#572274—
1966#590257—
1965#544303—
1964#534339—
1963#534329—
1962#524346—
1961#522347—
1960#524341—
1959#524343—
1958#523344—
1957#466412—
1956#493361—
1955#492343—
1954#464361—
1953#487317—
1952#547245—
1951#574223—
1950#551226—
1949#650163—
1948#652163—
1947#745132—
1946#732122—
1945#79090—
1944#78794—
1943#83287—
1942#98763—
1941#94860—
1940#1,15040—
1939#95355—
1938#1,12741—
1937#1,23434—
1936#1,05344—
1935#1,24433—
1934#1,23633—
1933#1,47025—
1932#1,87718—
1931#1,68621—
1930#1,66123—
1929#1,82520—
1928#1,73823—
1927#2,16917—
1926#1,66725—
1925#1,94620—
1924#1,61228—
1923#2,26416—
1922#1,53629—
1921#1,98820—
1920#1,81622—
1919#2,06317—
1918#1,88720—
1917#2,20415—
1916#2,24614—
1915#2,52611—
1914#2,12511—
1913#2,5407—
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Mari! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Mari is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Mari
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 102 spots since 2024 (#1,509 → #1,611)
  • 380 spots since 2020 (#1,991 → #1,611)
  • 558 spots since 2015 (#2,169 → #1,611)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 1941 (#1,150 → #948)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1940 (#953 → #1,150)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1954 at #464 (361 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1941–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,963
  • Highest: 1 in 4,963 girls born in 1957 were named Mari (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,459 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #464 in 1954, was only 1 in 5,379 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Mari (3,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s5#1,792 (1903)#1,792
1910s95#1,887 (1918)#2,227
1920s220#1,536 (1922)#1,856
1930s327#953 (1939)#1,354
1940s1,014#650 (1949)#827
1950s3,175#464 (1954)#512
1960s2,990#522 (1961)#564
1970s1,732#692 (1970)#834
1980s1,817#791 (1982)#888
1990s1,759#935 (1990)#1,066
2000s1,506#1,235 (2001)#1,416
2010s1,123#1,661 (2011)#1,832
2020s811#1,430 (2023)#1,588

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.

Mari in 1897

girls
#1,555
5 births · 1 in 46,840 girls

Top girls' names in 1897

  1. #1Mary13,413
  2. #2Anna5,429
  3. #3Helen4,519
  4. #4Margaret4,146
  5. #5Ruth3,878
  6. #6Elizabeth3,442
  7. #7Florence3,369
  8. #8Ethel3,182
  9. #9Marie3,078
  10. #10Emma2,698
  11. #1,555Mari5
More about 1897

girls

234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 46,840 of them was named Mari, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mari
  1. #1,385Zilla6
  2. #1,385Zillah6
  3. #1,385Zilphia6
  4. #1,555Mari5
  5. #1,555Achsa5
  6. #1,555Aldine5
  7. #1,555Aleen5

Tied with 244 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 688Lupe#1,583 → #895
  2. ↑ 652Carl#1,583 → #931
  3. ↑ 652Dortha#1,583 → #931
  4. ↑ 652Judy#1,583 → #931
  5. ↑ 630Dagmar#1,416 → #786
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Myrta#707 → #1,555
  2. ↓ 848Ouida#707 → #1,555
  3. ↓ 712Jeanie#843 → #1,555
  4. ↓ 652Orrie#903 → #1,555
  5. ↓ 605Louetta#950 → #1,555

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

See the top 100 for 1897 →