Meaning not yet researched.
Maria: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,887 in 2025. Its best rank was #30 in 1975.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #30 in 1975; #87 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Maria in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#87 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1975, at #30.
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Maria: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,887 girls in 2025. Peak: #30 in 1975 · most girls in one year: 10,148 (1964).
In 2025, 2,887 US girls were named Maria, making it the 87th most common girls’ name of the year, down 13 places from #74 in 2024. That is 235 fewer than the 3,122 girls named Maria in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #30, reached in 1975. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,148, in 1964. For comparison, it was #109 in 2015 and #73 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Maria in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 125 babies with the name. In all, 570,389 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 89,321 babies named Maria.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 27,729 US girls were named Maria; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 3,122. In 2025 that was about 1 in 557 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Maria ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #52 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 18 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Mary (4,156,654 babies since 1880), Marie (542,270 babies since 1880), Marian (143,295 babies since 1880) and Miriam (118,190 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maryan, Miryam and Marilla are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mia and Ria.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maryan (1,619), Miryam (904), Marilla (802), Mariea (743), Marriah (702), Marrie (621), Marja (437), Maurie (415), Marrio (368), Mariha (339), Maurio (284), Maryiah (216), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Maria is listed as a nickname for Mariah, Marietta.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 435 | #52 | #70 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | #54 | #124 |
| Arizona | 85 | #56 | #87 |
| Alabama | 56 | #67 | #121 |
| California | 372 | #74 | #94 |
| New Mexico | 17 | #74 | #143 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #75 | #177 |
| Florida | 209 | #75 | #79 |
| Maryland | 49 | #82 | #141 |
| Colorado | 60 | #82 | #152 |
| Connecticut | 31 | #87 | #224 |
| Massachusetts | 63 | #89 | #104 |
| Washington | 66 | #93 | #109 |
| Pennsylvania | 102 | #93 | #93 |
| Montana | 10 | #96 | #201 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #97 | #173 |
| Virginia | 73 | #98 | #136 |
| South Carolina | 43 | #99 | #153 |
| Tennessee | 68 | #106 | #158 |
| Michigan | 72 | #108 | #130 |
| Ohio | 94 | #109 | #123 |
| Delaware | 8 | #110 | #108 |
| Oklahoma | 32 | #113 | #124 |
| Illinois | 81 | #113 | #125 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #114 | #151 |
| Indiana | 57 | #114 | #150 |
| North Carolina | 87 | #114 | #124 |
| Kansas | 28 | #117 | #97 |
| Oregon | 29 | #117 | #170 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #118 | #97 |
| New York | 127 | #121 | #82 |
| Georgia | 79 | #122 | #166 |
| Minnesota | 44 | #123 | #161 |
| Louisiana | 33 | #126 | #187 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #130 | #122 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | #132 | #218 |
| Mississippi | 18 | #138 | #238 |
| Missouri | 43 | #142 | #196 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #152 | #130 |
| Alaska | 5 | #159 | — |
| South Dakota | 7 | #180 | #168 |
| Iowa | 18 | #180 | #169 |
| Idaho | 12 | #186 | #191 |
| Utah | 25 | #190 | #204 |
| Nevada | 14 | #191 | #163 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #193 | #146 |
| Maine | 5 | #244 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,887 | #87 | 6 | #11,511 |
| 2024 | 3,122 | #74 | 8 | #9,547 |
| 2023 | 2,907 | #82 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,849 | #91 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,604 | #105 | 9 | #8,595 |
| 2020 | 2,493 | #109 | 10 | #7,873 |
| 2019 | 2,717 | #106 | 8 | #9,428 |
| 2018 | 2,621 | #115 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,717 | #111 | 5 | #13,545 |
| 2016 | 2,812 | #113 | 7 | #10,348 |
| 2015 | 2,833 | #109 | 6 | #11,599 |
| 2014 | 2,777 | #114 | 6 | #11,630 |
| 2013 | 2,821 | #111 | 5 | #13,351 |
| 2012 | 3,034 | #101 | 6 | #11,739 |
| 2011 | 3,221 | #92 | 7 | #10,355 |
| 2010 | 3,421 | #86 | 13 | #6,589 |
| 2009 | 4,143 | #70 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 2008 | 4,593 | #63 | 13 | #6,637 |
| 2007 | 5,129 | #53 | 14 | #6,148 |
| 2006 | 5,604 | #46 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2005 | 5,600 | #46 | 26 | #3,683 |
| 2004 | 5,757 | #42 | 29 | #3,336 |
| 2003 | 6,091 | #42 | 19 | #4,369 |
| 2002 | 6,391 | #40 | 25 | #3,524 |
| 2001 | 6,842 | #41 | 15 | #5,055 |
| 2000 | 6,857 | #41 | 16 | #4,716 |
| 1999 | 7,035 | #39 | 30 | #2,841 |
| 1998 | 6,817 | #43 | 24 | #3,259 |
| 1997 | 7,314 | #38 | 37 | #2,293 |
| 1996 | 7,598 | #37 | 34 | #2,363 |
| 1995 | 7,003 | #44 | 47 | #1,855 |
| 1994 | 6,753 | #47 | 41 | #2,030 |
| 1993 | 6,978 | #45 | 65 | #1,455 |
| 1992 | 7,091 | #45 | 59 | #1,521 |
| 1991 | 7,136 | #45 | 93 | #1,140 |
| 1990 | 7,186 | #47 | 103 | #1,046 |
| 1989 | 6,345 | #56 | 111 | #972 |
| 1988 | 5,713 | #60 | 100 | #968 |
| 1987 | 5,678 | #53 | 97 | #958 |
| 1986 | 6,142 | #49 | 96 | #936 |
| 1985 | 6,013 | #52 | 94 | #942 |
| 1984 | 6,136 | #50 | 86 | #957 |
| 1983 | 6,847 | #43 | 72 | #1,045 |
| 1982 | 7,348 | #42 | 116 | #825 |
| 1981 | 7,681 | #40 | 90 | #952 |
| 1980 | 7,875 | #36 | 74 | #1,053 |
| 1979 | 7,339 | #37 | 86 | #957 |
| 1978 | 7,021 | #36 | 65 | #1,085 |
| 1977 | 7,094 | #36 | 57 | #1,168 |
| 1976 | 7,358 | #34 | 60 | #1,091 |
| 1975 | 7,542 | #30 | 78 | #928 |
| 1974 | 7,804 | #31 | 60 | #1,071 |
| 1973 | 7,667 | #31 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1972 | 7,721 | #32 | 58 | #1,066 |
| 1971 | 8,141 | #37 | 54 | #1,119 |
| 1970 | 8,686 | #39 | 62 | #1,038 |
| 1969 | 8,401 | #40 | 67 | #938 |
| 1968 | 8,386 | #41 | 45 | #1,126 |
| 1967 | 8,878 | #42 | 55 | #983 |
| 1966 | 9,132 | #44 | 55 | #988 |
| 1965 | 9,480 | #46 | 43 | #1,153 |
| 1964 | 10,148 | #41 | 49 | #1,091 |
| 1963 | 9,854 | #43 | 35 | #1,335 |
| 1962 | 9,089 | #49 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1961 | 7,947 | #57 | 38 | #1,294 |
| 1960 | 7,535 | #59 | 42 | #1,223 |
| 1959 | 7,249 | #62 | 50 | #1,095 |
| 1958 | 6,899 | #65 | 32 | #1,389 |
| 1957 | 6,778 | #71 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1956 | 6,733 | #73 | 25 | #1,593 |
| 1955 | 6,210 | #69 | 43 | #1,146 |
| 1954 | 6,590 | #65 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1953 | 5,992 | #68 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1952 | 5,695 | #72 | 31 | #1,365 |
| 1951 | 5,236 | #75 | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1950 | 5,076 | #73 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1949 | 5,123 | #72 | 44 | #1,068 |
| 1948 | 4,817 | #75 | 36 | #1,210 |
| 1947 | 4,712 | #79 | 29 | #1,386 |
| 1946 | 3,960 | #88 | 26 | #1,400 |
| 1945 | 3,313 | #86 | 29 | #1,240 |
| 1944 | 3,361 | #80 | 17 | #1,713 |
| 1943 | 2,863 | #103 | 25 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 2,817 | #97 | 35 | #1,184 |
| 1941 | 2,470 | #102 | 30 | #1,225 |
| 1940 | 2,135 | #119 | 34 | #1,149 |
| 1939 | 2,077 | #119 | 39 | #1,025 |
| 1938 | 2,012 | #122 | 35 | #1,103 |
| 1937 | 1,953 | #123 | 25 | #1,361 |
| 1936 | 1,981 | #120 | 29 | #1,238 |
| 1935 | 1,995 | #117 | 42 | #986 |
| 1934 | 1,990 | #115 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 1933 | 1,862 | #122 | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1932 | 2,045 | #120 | 31 | #1,226 |
| 1931 | 2,185 | #109 | 37 | #1,122 |
| 1930 | 2,540 | #99 | 55 | #906 |
| 1929 | 2,532 | #100 | 42 | #1,069 |
| 1928 | 2,565 | #105 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1927 | 2,592 | #107 | 50 | #996 |
| 1926 | 2,352 | #115 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1925 | 2,360 | #115 | 33 | #1,273 |
| 1924 | 2,291 | #119 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1923 | 2,000 | #133 | 21 | #1,733 |
| 1922 | 1,929 | #132 | 25 | #1,531 |
| 1921 | 2,028 | #129 | 29 | #1,406 |
| 1920 | 1,935 | #130 | 22 | #1,673 |
| 1919 | 1,678 | #138 | 20 | #1,736 |
| 1918 | 1,544 | #147 | 7 | #3,586 |
| 1917 | 1,441 | #146 | 10 | #2,656 |
| 1916 | 1,261 | #159 | 15 | #2,014 |
| 1915 | 1,286 | #146 | 16 | #1,850 |
| 1914 | 1,117 | #135 | 8 | #2,568 |
| 1913 | 909 | #133 | 9 | #2,036 |
| 1912 | 828 | #133 | 7 | #2,171 |
| 1911 | 646 | #129 | 7 | #1,484 |
| 1910 | 621 | #132 | — | — |
| 1909 | 544 | #130 | — | — |
| 1908 | 480 | #142 | — | — |
| 1907 | 490 | #136 | — | — |
| 1906 | 388 | #154 | — | — |
| 1905 | 430 | #139 | — | — |
| 1904 | 393 | #144 | — | — |
| 1903 | 379 | #144 | — | — |
| 1902 | 331 | #156 | — | — |
| 1901 | 350 | #141 | — | — |
| 1900 | 389 | #150 | — | — |
| 1899 | 266 | #168 | — | — |
| 1898 | 329 | #155 | — | — |
| 1897 | 304 | #152 | — | — |
| 1896 | 312 | #151 | — | — |
| 1895 | 295 | #153 | — | — |
| 1894 | 309 | #139 | — | — |
| 1893 | 255 | #156 | — | — |
| 1892 | 301 | #135 | — | — |
| 1891 | 248 | #143 | — | — |
| 1890 | 247 | #142 | — | — |
| 1889 | 238 | #143 | — | — |
| 1888 | 239 | #138 | — | — |
| 1887 | 203 | #133 | — | — |
| 1886 | 180 | #142 | — | — |
| 1885 | 175 | #138 | — | — |
| 1884 | 190 | #129 | — | — |
| 1883 | 141 | #139 | — | — |
| 1882 | 121 | #147 | — | — |
| 1881 | 120 | #132 | — | — |
| 1880 | 125 | #131 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).