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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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—
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1932#1,87718—
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1924#1,61228—
1923#2,26416—
1922#1,53629—
1921#1,98820—
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1919#2,06317—
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1917#2,20415—
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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 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNHWashington: #363 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,182 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #285 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,851 girlsMNIllinois: #291 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsILWisconsin: #316 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,229 girlsWIMichigan: #351 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,481 girlsMINew York: #516 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 6,337 girlsNYMassachusetts: #450 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,642 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedRIOregon: #336 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,688 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedSDIowa: #293 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,572 girlsIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,606 girlsINOhio: #455 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,651 girlsOHPennsylvania: #456 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,432 girlsPANew Jersey: #430 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,511 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #395 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,476 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNEMissouri: #558 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,464 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #519 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,889 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNMKansas: #311 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,449 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,459 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedHITexas: #660 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,177 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#285 · 1 in 2,851
  2. Illinois#291 · 1 in 2,559
  3. Iowa#293 · 1 in 2,572
  4. Kansas#311 · 1 in 2,449
  5. Wisconsin#316 · 1 in 3,229

Best ever in a state: #90 in Hawaii, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#285131 in 2,851
Illinois#291411 in 2,559
Iowa#293111 in 2,572
Kansas#31191 in 2,449
Wisconsin#316131 in 3,229
Oregon#33661 in 2,688
Indiana#350141 in 3,606
Michigan#351271 in 3,481
Washington#36391 in 3,182
California#395451 in 3,476
New Jersey#430101 in 5,511
Massachusetts#45061 in 8,642
Ohio#455191 in 5,651
Pennsylvania#456181 in 6,432
Oklahoma#46551 in 4,459
New York#516261 in 6,337
Virginia#51961 in 6,889
Missouri#55861 in 7,464
Texas#660161 in 7,177
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1956

girls
#493
361 births · 1 in 5,562 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #493Mari361
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 5,562 of them was named Mari, which outranked 92.8% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mari
  1. #490Roseann363
  2. #491Adele362
  3. #491Henrietta362
  4. #493Mari361
  5. #494Mamie360
  6. #495Melba358
  7. #496Bobbi357
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →