Maria

#87 for girls in 2025, 2,887 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
#30
1975 · 7,542 births
Debut · girls
1880
125 births
In top 100 · girls
75 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
566,111
since 1880

Maria over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #30, 1975girls
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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#872,887#10,6956
2024#743,122#8,9878
2023#822,907—
2022#912,849—
2021#1052,604#8,1669
2020#1092,493#7,50210
2019#1062,717#8,8898
2018#1152,621—
2017#1112,717#12,2465
2016#1132,812#9,6647
2015#1092,833#10,6446
2014#1142,777#10,7176
2013#1112,821#12,1365
2012#1013,034#10,7706
2011#923,221#9,6007
2010#863,421#6,35913
2009#704,143#6,09514
2008#634,593#6,39313
2007#535,129#5,90114
2006#465,604#6,09413
2005#465,600#3,61526
2004#425,757#3,28529
2003#426,091#4,27619
2002#406,391#3,45025
2001#416,842#4,89015
2000#416,857#4,57316
1999#397,035#2,79530
1998#436,817#3,19124
1997#387,314#2,26037
1996#377,598#2,33234
1995#447,003#1,84147
1994#476,753#2,01241
1993#456,978#1,44465
1992#457,091#1,51059
1991#457,136#1,13993
1990#477,186#1,042103
1989#566,345#967111
1988#605,713#961100
1987#535,678#95497
1986#496,142#93296
1985#526,013#93994
1984#506,136#95186
1983#436,847#1,04072
1982#427,348#823116
1981#407,681#94790
1980#367,875#1,04774
1979#377,339#95286
1978#367,021#1,07965
1977#367,094#1,15857
1976#347,358#1,08460
1975#307,542#92578
1974#317,804#1,06560
1973#317,667#1,00365
1972#327,721#1,06058
1971#378,141#1,10954
1970#398,686#1,03162
1969#408,401#93167
1968#418,386#1,11945
1967#428,878#98155
1966#449,132#98455
1965#469,480#1,14443
1964#4110,148#1,08249
1963#439,854#1,31835
1962#499,089#1,20442
1961#577,947#1,27938
1960#597,535#1,21042
1959#627,249#1,09050
1958#656,899#1,37032
1957#716,778#1,18543
1956#736,733#1,56825
1955#696,210#1,13843
1954#656,590#1,24236
1953#685,992#1,17040
1952#725,695#1,34731
1951#755,236#1,46226
1950#735,076#1,49924
1949#725,123#1,06344
1948#754,817#1,19436
1947#794,712#1,36329
1946#883,960#1,38226
1945#863,313#1,22729
1944#803,361#1,68317
1943#1032,863#1,39925
1942#972,817#1,16735
1941#1022,470#1,20930
1940#1192,135#1,13534
1939#1192,077#1,01539
1938#1222,012#1,09535
1937#1221,953#1,34425
1936#1201,981#1,22529
1935#1171,995#98042
1934#1151,990#1,35725
1933#1221,862#1,20230
1932#1192,045#1,21631
1931#1092,185#1,11137
1930#992,540#89255
1929#1002,532#1,05542
1928#1052,565#1,14738
1927#1072,592#99050
1926#1152,352#1,43226
1925#1152,360#1,24633
1924#1192,291#1,53225
1923#1332,000#1,69621
1922#1321,929#1,50325
1921#1292,028#1,39029
1920#1301,935#1,64222
1919#1381,678#1,69520
1918#1471,544#3,3687
1917#1461,441#2,56210
1916#1591,261#1,94915
1915#1461,286#1,78216
1914#1351,117#2,4578
1913#133909#1,9459
1912#133828#2,0457
1911#129646#1,3877
1910#132621—
1909#130544—
1908#142480—
1907#136490—
1906#153388—
1905#139430—
1904#143393—
1903#144379—
1902#156331—
1901#140350—
1900#149389—
1899#167266—
1898#155329—
1897#152304—
1896#151312—
1895#151295—
1894#139309—
1893#155255—
1892#134301—
1891#142248—
1890#141247—
1889#143238—
1888#138239—
1887#133203—
1886#142180—
1885#138175—
1884#129190—
1883#137141—
1882#147121—
1881#132120—
1880#131125—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Maria was already there! It came in at #131, and was given to 125 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 150 girls a year got the name.

Where Maria is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #92 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 311 girlsAKMaine: #114 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 452 girlsMEVermont: #93 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 333 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #81 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 316 girlsNHWashington: #56 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 276 girlsWAIdaho: #39 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 153 girlsIDMontana: #89 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 332 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #74 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 273 girlsNDMinnesota: #86 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 388 girlsMNIllinois: #47 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 238 girlsILWisconsin: #81 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 396 girlsWIMichigan: #79 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 390 girlsMINew York: #40 for girls · 544 births · 1 in 224 girlsNYMassachusetts: #71 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 289 girlsMARhode Island: #82 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 345 girlsRIOregon: #50 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 224 girlsORNevada: #30 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 130 girlsNVWyoming: #106 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 337 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #107 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 408 girlsSDIowa: #134 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 666 girlsIAIndiana: #116 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 596 girlsINOhio: #80 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 346 girlsOHPennsylvania: #66 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 299 girlsPANew Jersey: #43 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 213 girlsNJConnecticut: #68 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 285 girlsCTCalifornia: #13 for girls · 2,319 births · 1 in 113 girlsCAUtah: #137 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 616 girlsUTColorado: #74 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 340 girlsCONebraska: #121 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 574 girlsNEMissouri: #127 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 670 girlsMOKentucky: #126 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 685 girlsKYWest Virginia: #132 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 628 girlsWVVirginia: #97 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 491 girlsVAMaryland: #81 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 368 girlsMDDelaware: #106 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 412 girlsDEArizona: #30 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 150 girlsAZNew Mexico: #30 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 147 girlsNMKansas: #94 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 377 girlsKSArkansas: #215 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsARTennessee: #117 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 581 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #108 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 560 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #158 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 835 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #40 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 160 girlsDCOklahoma: #124 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 563 girlsOKLouisiana: #141 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 769 girlsLAMississippi: #178 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 918 girlsMSAlabama: #197 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsALGeorgia: #79 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 427 girlsGAHawaii: #176 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 682 girlsHITexas: #18 for girls · 1,016 births · 1 in 135 girlsTXFlorida: #51 for girls · 305 births · 1 in 259 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#13 · 1 in 113
  2. Texas#18 · 1 in 135
  3. Nevada#30 · 1 in 130
  4. New Mexico#30 · 1 in 147
  5. Arizona#30 · 1 in 150

Best ever in a state: #2 in Arizona, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#132,3191 in 113
Texas#181,0161 in 135
Arizona#301751 in 150
Nevada#30531 in 130
New Mexico#30631 in 147
Idaho#39351 in 153
District of Columbia#40291 in 160
New York#405441 in 224
New Jersey#432251 in 213
Illinois#473301 in 238
Oregon#50751 in 224
Florida#513051 in 259
Washington#561121 in 276
Pennsylvania#662431 in 299
Connecticut#68671 in 285
Massachusetts#711341 in 289
Colorado#74611 in 340
North Dakota#74131 in 273
Georgia#791001 in 427
Michigan#791601 in 390
Ohio#802051 in 346
Maryland#81771 in 368
New Hampshire#81211 in 316
Wisconsin#81741 in 396
Rhode Island#82161 in 345
Minnesota#86721 in 388
Montana#89101 in 332
Alaska#92111 in 311
Vermont#9381 in 333
Kansas#94371 in 377
Virginia#97771 in 491
Delaware#10691 in 412
Wyoming#10651 in 337
South Dakota#10791 in 408
North Carolina#108731 in 560
Maine#114141 in 452
Indiana#116591 in 596
Tennessee#117521 in 581
Nebraska#121161 in 574
Oklahoma#124311 in 563
Kentucky#126311 in 685
Missouri#127491 in 670
West Virginia#132141 in 628
Iowa#134241 in 666
Utah#137221 in 616
Louisiana#141331 in 769
South Carolina#158241 in 835
Hawaii#17681 in 682
Mississippi#178151 in 918
Alabama#197201 in 1,124
Arkansas#215111 in 1,148

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 Maria
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#74 → #87)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#109 → #87)
  • 22 spots since 2015 (#109 → #87)
  • Biggest jump: 23 spots in 1944 (#103 → #80)
  • Biggest drop: 21 spots in 1893 (#134 → #155)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #30 (7,542 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 75 yrs · run 1944–2011
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 185
  • Highest: 1 in 185 girls born in 1966 were named Maria (0.54%)
  • Latest: 1 in 557 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
  • Its best rank, #30 in 1975, was only 1 in 193 (0.52%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 15.7% of all girls named Maria (88,850) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,732#129 (1884)#137
1890s2,866#134 (1892)#149
1900s4,174#130 (1909)#143
1910s11,331#129 (1911)#140
1920s22,584#100 (1929)#119
1930s20,640#99 (1930)#116
1940s35,571#72 (1949)#90
1950s62,458#62 (1959)#69
1960s88,850#40 (1969)#46
1970s76,373#30 (1975)#34
1980s65,778#36 (1980)#48
1990s70,911#37 (1996)#43
2000s57,007#40 (2002)#48
2010s28,974#86 (2010)#106
2020s16,862#74 (2024)#91

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.

Maria in 1990

girls
#47
7,186 births · 1 in 264 girls
boys
#1,042
103 births · 1 in 19,942 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #47Maria7,186

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,042Maria103
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 264 of them was named Maria, which outranked 99.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maria
  1. #44Brittney7,427
  2. #45Anna7,293
  3. #46Taylor7,262
  4. #47Maria7,186
  5. #48Allison7,136
  6. #49Cassandra7,054
  7. #50Caitlin7,026
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 19,942 of them was named Maria, which outranked 89.0% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maria
  1. #1,037Domonique104
  2. #1,037Kalen104
  3. #1,037Sage104
  4. #1,042Maria103
  5. #1,042Brayden103
  6. #1,042Curt103
  7. #1,042Cyle103
  8. #1,049Juston102
  9. #1,049Kelton102
  10. #1,049Percy102

Tied with 6 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →