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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #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—
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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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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 1970

  • 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: #573 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,924 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: #455 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsMNIllinois: #650 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,749 girlsILWisconsin: #348 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,062 girlsWIMichigan: #537 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,699 girlsMINew York: #1,034 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 14,140 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedRIOregon: #320 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,796 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedIAIndiana: #689 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,614 girlsINOhio: #717 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,907 girlsOHPennsylvania: #577 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,611 girlsPANew Jersey: #660 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,176 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #719 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 6,561 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: #619 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,092 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWVVirginia: #604 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,879 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedDEArizona: #438 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,491 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedKSArkansas: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,271 girlsARTennessee: 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: 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: #669 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,788 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#320 · 1 in 1,796
  2. Arkansas#348 · 1 in 2,271
  3. Wisconsin#348 · 1 in 3,062
  4. Arizona#438 · 1 in 2,491
  5. Minnesota#455 · 1 in 4,931

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#32081 in 1,796
Arkansas#34861 in 2,271
Wisconsin#348111 in 3,062
Arizona#43861 in 2,491
Minnesota#45561 in 4,931
Michigan#537131 in 5,699
Washington#57351 in 4,924
Pennsylvania#577131 in 6,611
Virginia#60451 in 6,879
Missouri#61951 in 7,092
Illinois#650131 in 6,749
New Jersey#66071 in 7,176
Texas#669181 in 5,788
Indiana#68951 in 8,614
Ohio#71791 in 9,907
California#719251 in 6,561
New York#1,034101 in 14,140
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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 1970

girls
#692
226 births · 1 in 7,735 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #692Mari226
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 7,735 of them was named Mari, which outranked 92.6% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mari
  1. #689Ethel228
  2. #690Gayla227
  3. #690Graciela227
  4. #692Mari226
  5. #692Chelsea226
  6. #692Ivette226
  7. #692Lorri226
  8. #697Ami225
  9. #697Corinna225
  10. #697Robbie225

Tied with 4 names at #692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →