Maris
- #3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Given to girls 92.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,671since 1912
Maris over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,249 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 49 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,464 | 46 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,051 | 55 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,737 | 42 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,964 | 60 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,368 | 48 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,940 | 32 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,854 | 47 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,316 | 31 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Maris! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Maris is popular in 2025
- 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
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #513 in Illinois, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
- 210 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #3,249)
- 590 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #3,249)
- 456 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #3,249)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1939 at #1,160 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,660
- Highest: 1 in 25,660 girls born in 2020 were named Maris (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,160 in 1939, was only 1 in 28,118 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 19.7% of all girls named Maris (525) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
- Mostly boys until 1968, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 30 | #2,634 (1912) | #3,214 |
| 1920s | 32 | #3,097 (1920) | #4,325 |
| 1930s | 150 | #1,160 (1939) | #2,663 |
| 1940s | 259 | #1,325 (1942) | #1,751 |
| 1950s | 160 | #2,122 (1954) | #2,881 |
| 1960s | 112 | #2,820 (1960) | #4,407 |
| 1970s | 99 | #4,227 (1974) | #5,937 |
| 1980s | 184 | #2,903 (1986) | #4,418 |
| 1990s | 357 | #2,465 (1994) | #3,640 |
| 2000s | 472 | #2,787 (2005) | #3,287 |
| 2010s | 525 | #2,711 (2018) | #3,151 |
| 2020s | 291 | #2,659 (2020) | #3,300 |
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.
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