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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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—
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1968#625236—
1967#572274—
1966#590257—
1965#544303—
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1932#1,87718—
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1923#2,26416—
1922#1,53629—
1921#1,98820—
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1919#2,06317—
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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 1968

  • 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: #367 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,351 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 2,163 girlsMNIllinois: #666 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,606 girlsILWisconsin: #426 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,652 girlsWIMichigan: #497 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,961 girlsMINew York: #915 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,385 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 813 girlsSDIowa: #350 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,871 girlsIAIndiana: #580 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsINOhio: #468 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,859 girlsOHPennsylvania: #638 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,422 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #535 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 4,157 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: #459 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,111 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #533 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,611 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #741 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,225 girlsTXFlorida: #686 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,041 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#188 · 1 in 813
  2. Minnesota#285 · 1 in 2,163
  3. Iowa#350 · 1 in 2,871
  4. Washington#367 · 1 in 2,351
  5. Wisconsin#426 · 1 in 4,652

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#18851 in 813
Minnesota#285131 in 2,163
Iowa#35071 in 2,871
Washington#367101 in 2,351
Wisconsin#42671 in 4,652
Missouri#45981 in 4,111
Ohio#468171 in 4,859
Michigan#497141 in 4,961
North Carolina#53371 in 5,611
California#535371 in 4,157
Indiana#58061 in 6,632
Pennsylvania#638101 in 8,422
Illinois#666111 in 7,606
Florida#68661 in 7,041
Texas#741131 in 7,225
New York#915111 in 12,385
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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 1968

girls
#625
236 births · 1 in 6,951 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #625Mari236
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 6,951 of them was named Mari, which outranked 92.4% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mari
  1. #620Susana239
  2. #623Deidra238
  3. #623Marissa238
  4. #625Mari236
  5. #625Danna236
  6. #625Felecia236
  7. #625Krystal236
  8. #629Alissa235
  9. #629Cora235
  10. #631Letitia234

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →