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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 361 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,579since 1897
Mari over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Mari has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,611 | 129 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #1,509 | 143 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,430 | 156 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #1,468 | 150 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #1,991 | 94 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,789 | 114 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,840 | 110 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,752 | 120 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #1,997 | 99 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #1,834 | 110 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,690 | 124 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,661 | 128 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,678 | 126 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,572 | 143 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,774 | 124 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,570 | 144 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,403 | 161 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,406 | 152 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,278 | 167 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,358 | 149 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,258 | 157 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,235 | 163 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,305 | 146 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,174 | 165 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,125 | 170 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,110 | 169 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,071 | 173 | — | |
| 1995 | #998 | 188 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,004 | 185 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,174 | 149 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,021 | 184 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,051 | 173 | — | |
| 1990 | #935 | 203 | — | |
| 1989 | #915 | 198 | — | |
| 1988 | #885 | 199 | — | |
| 1987 | #980 | 161 | — | |
| 1986 | #958 | 164 | — | |
| 1985 | #950 | 163 | — | |
| 1984 | #875 | 173 | — | |
| 1983 | #854 | 179 | — | |
| 1982 | #791 | 204 | — | |
| 1981 | #804 | 200 | — | |
| 1980 | #871 | 176 | — | |
| 1979 | #862 | 180 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,006 | 135 | — | |
| 1977 | #995 | 136 | — | |
| 1976 | #932 | 138 | — | |
| 1975 | #873 | 153 | — | |
| 1974 | #772 | 179 | — | |
| 1973 | #736 | 190 | — | |
| 1972 | #753 | 185 | — | |
| 1971 | #722 | 210 | — | |
| 1970 | #692 | 226 | — | |
| 1969 | #673 | 218 | — | |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 | — | |
| 1967 | #572 | 274 | — | |
| 1966 | #590 | 257 | — | |
| 1965 | #544 | 303 | — | |
| 1964 | #534 | 339 | — | |
| 1963 | #534 | 329 | — | |
| 1962 | #524 | 346 | — | |
| 1961 | #522 | 347 | — | |
| 1960 | #524 | 341 | — | |
| 1959 | #524 | 343 | — | |
| 1958 | #523 | 344 | — | |
| 1957 | #466 | 412 | — | |
| 1956 | #493 | 361 | — | |
| 1955 | #492 | 343 | — | |
| 1954 | #464 | 361 | — | |
| 1953 | #487 | 317 | — | |
| 1952 | #547 | 245 | — | |
| 1951 | #574 | 223 | — | |
| 1950 | #551 | 226 | — | |
| 1949 | #650 | 163 | — | |
| 1948 | #652 | 163 | — | |
| 1947 | #745 | 132 | — | |
| 1946 | #732 | 122 | — | |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 | — | |
| 1944 | #787 | 94 | — | |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 | — | |
| 1942 | #987 | 63 | — | |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | — | |
| 1939 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,053 | 44 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
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| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
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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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Iowa#333 · 1 in 2,490
- Wisconsin#407 · 1 in 3,929
- Colorado#466 · 1 in 3,148
- Pennsylvania#476 · 1 in 4,242
- Michigan#482 · 1 in 4,421
Best ever in a state: #90 in Hawaii, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #333 | 7 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Wisconsin | #407 | 7 | 1 in 3,929 |
| Colorado | #466 | 5 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Pennsylvania | #476 | 17 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Michigan | #482 | 14 | 1 in 4,421 |
| Illinois | #707 | 11 | 1 in 6,781 |
| Texas | #752 | 14 | 1 in 6,883 |
| New Jersey | #781 | 5 | 1 in 8,147 |
| New York | #796 | 13 | 1 in 8,526 |
| California | #816 | 18 | 1 in 7,615 |
| Ohio | #898 | 6 | 1 in 12,408 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,792 |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,887 (1918) | #2,227 |
| 1920s | 220 | #1,536 (1922) | #1,856 |
| 1930s | 327 | #953 (1939) | #1,354 |
| 1940s | 1,014 | #650 (1949) | #827 |
| 1950s | 3,175 | #464 (1954) | #512 |
| 1960s | 2,990 | #522 (1961) | #564 |
| 1970s | 1,732 | #692 (1970) | #834 |
| 1980s | 1,817 | #791 (1982) | #888 |
| 1990s | 1,759 | #935 (1990) | #1,066 |
| 2000s | 1,506 | #1,235 (2001) | #1,416 |
| 2010s | 1,123 | #1,661 (2011) | #1,832 |
| 2020s | 811 | #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 1972
girls
#753
185 births · 1 in 8,223 girls
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 8,223 of them was named Mari, which outranked 92.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).