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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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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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—
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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 1993

  • 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: #713 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,955 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: #536 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,313 girlsMNIllinois: #1,139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,742 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,102 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,082 girlsMINew York: #1,216 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,310 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedINOhio: #1,170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,209 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,243 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 11,884 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: fewer than 5 girls named Mari, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: 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: #795 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 5,957 girlsTXFlorida: #1,426 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,893 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#536 · 1 in 4,313
  2. Washington#713 · 1 in 4,955
  3. Texas#795 · 1 in 5,957
  4. Michigan#1,102 · 1 in 11,082
  5. Illinois#1,139 · 1 in 10,742

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#53661 in 4,313
Washington#71361 in 4,955
Texas#795231 in 5,957
Michigan#1,10251 in 11,082
Illinois#1,13971 in 10,742
Ohio#1,17051 in 13,209
New York#1,216101 in 11,310
California#1,243211 in 11,884
Florida#1,42651 in 14,893
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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 1993

girls
#1,174
149 births · 1 in 12,141 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #1,174Mari149
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 12,141 of them was named Mari, which outranked 92.6% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mari
  1. #1,171Alyssia150
  2. #1,171Halee150
  3. #1,171Sheridan150
  4. #1,174Mari149
  5. #1,174Chelsee149
  6. #1,174Mercedez149
  7. #1,174Roberta149
  8. #1,178Shameka148
  9. #1,178Shanequa148
  10. #1,180Amira147

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

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →