Mari — #1507 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mari

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,447 babies named Mari between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mari currently holds the #1507 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 412 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mari performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Mari shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,272 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Mari in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,447 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.