Maria Girl
How popular is Maria?
#87 girl name in 2025
2,887 baby girls were named Maria in the US in 2025, making it the 87th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Maria popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #87 for girls (▼ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,887 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+2% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #109 in 2015, #109 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (10,148 girls) |
| Highest rank | #30 in 1975 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maria counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maria family of names ranked #88 for girls in 2025 (#76 the year before), with 3,609 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maria is most popular
Babies named Maria per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nebraska: 3.7 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- Arizona: 3.5 per 1,000 (498 girls)
- District of Columbia: 3.5 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Alaska: 3.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Delaware: 3.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Maria by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,732 | #129 |
| 1890s | 2,866 | #134 |
| 1900s | 4,174 | #130 |
| 1910s | 11,331 | #129 |
| 1920s | 22,584 | #100 |
| 1930s | 20,640 | #99 |
| 1940s | 35,571 | #72 |
| 1950s | 62,458 | #62 |
| 1960s | 88,850 | #40 |
| 1970s | 76,373 | #30 |
| 1980s | 65,778 | #36 |
| 1990s | 70,911 | #37 |
| 2000s | 57,007 | #40 |
| 2010s | 28,974 | #86 |
| 2020s | 16,862 | #74 |
Girl names about as popular as Maria
Questions
- Is Maria a boy or girl name?
- Maria is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maria were girls.
- How popular is the name Maria?
- 2,887 baby girls were named Maria in the US in 2025, making it the 87th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Maria most popular?
- Maria peaked in 1964, when 10,148 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #30 in 1975.
- How many people are named Maria?
- 570,389 babies have been named Maria in the US since 1880. We estimate about 470,714 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Maria most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maria was most common in Nebraska, at 3.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.