Maria
Maria was given to 2,887 girls in 2025, #87 among girls’ names; 570,389 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 463,000 Americans named Maria and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 28 and 61.
Maria is the #43 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Maria by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Maria mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Maria is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
Borrowed from Latin Maria, borrowed from Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā), borrowed from Aramaic מרים, borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam.
/məˈɹiːə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Maria?
#87 among girls’ names, 2025
Maria rose from #109 in 2015 to #87 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.6 to 1.8 per 1,000.
10,197 babies in 1964, the peak
Maria peaked in 1964, when 10,197 babies were given it (10,148 girls, #41 among girls’ names). The 2,893 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,887 | #87 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 3,122 | #74 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 2,907 | #82 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2,849 | #91 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 2,604 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 2,493 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 2,717 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 2,621 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 2,717 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 2,812 | #113 | 1.6 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,833 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 2,777 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 2,821 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 3,034 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 2011 | 3,221 | #92 | 1.8 |
| 2010 | 3,421 | #86 | 1.9 |
| 2009 | 4,143 | #70 | 2.3 |
| 2008 | 4,593 | #63 | 2.4 |
| 2007 | 5,129 | #53 | 2.7 |
| 2006 | 5,604 | #46 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 5,600 | #46 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 5,757 | #42 | 3.1 |
| 2003 | 6,091 | #42 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 6,391 | #40 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 6,842 | #41 | 3.8 |
| 2000 | 6,857 | #41 | 3.8 |
| 1999 | 7,035 | #39 | 4.0 |
| 1998 | 6,817 | #43 | 3.9 |
| 1997 | 7,314 | #38 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 7,598 | #37 | 4.3 |
| 1995 | 7,003 | #44 | 4.0 |
| 1994 | 6,753 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 1993 | 6,978 | #45 | 3.9 |
| 1992 | 7,091 | #45 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 7,136 | #45 | 3.8 |
| 1990 | 7,186 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 1989 | 6,345 | #56 | 3.4 |
| 1988 | 5,713 | #60 | 3.2 |
| 1987 | 5,678 | #53 | 3.3 |
| 1986 | 6,142 | #49 | 3.6 |
| 1985 | 6,013 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 6,136 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 1983 | 6,847 | #43 | 4.1 |
| 1982 | 7,348 | #42 | 4.3 |
| 1981 | 7,681 | #40 | 4.6 |
| 1980 | 7,875 | #36 | 4.7 |
| 1979 | 7,339 | #37 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 7,021 | #36 | 4.6 |
| 1977 | 7,094 | #36 | 4.6 |
| 1976 | 7,358 | #34 | 5.0 |
| 1975 | 7,542 | #30 | 5.2 |
| 1974 | 7,804 | #31 | 5.3 |
| 1973 | 7,667 | #31 | 5.3 |
| 1972 | 7,721 | #32 | 5.1 |
| 1971 | 8,141 | #37 | 4.9 |
| 1970 | 8,686 | #39 | 5.0 |
| 1969 | 8,401 | #40 | 5.0 |
| 1968 | 8,386 | #41 | 5.1 |
| 1967 | 8,878 | #42 | 5.4 |
| 1966 | 9,132 | #44 | 5.4 |
| 1965 | 9,480 | #46 | 5.4 |
| 1964 | 10,148 | #41 | 5.4 |
| 1963 | 9,854 | #43 | 5.1 |
| 1962 | 9,089 | #49 | 4.6 |
| 1961 | 7,947 | #57 | 3.9 |
| 1960 | 7,535 | #59 | 3.7 |
| 1959 | 7,249 | #62 | 3.6 |
| 1958 | 6,899 | #65 | 3.4 |
| 1957 | 6,778 | #71 | 3.3 |
| 1956 | 6,733 | #73 | 3.4 |
| 1955 | 6,210 | #69 | 3.2 |
| 1954 | 6,590 | #65 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 5,992 | #68 | 3.2 |
| 1952 | 5,695 | #72 | 3.1 |
| 1951 | 5,236 | #75 | 2.9 |
| 1950 | 5,076 | #73 | 3.0 |
| 1949 | 5,123 | #72 | 3.0 |
| 1948 | 4,817 | #75 | 2.8 |
| 1947 | 4,712 | #79 | 2.7 |
| 1946 | 3,960 | #88 | 2.5 |
| 1945 | 3,313 | #86 | 2.5 |
| 1944 | 3,361 | #80 | 2.5 |
| 1943 | 2,863 | #103 | 2.1 |
| 1942 | 2,817 | #97 | 2.1 |
| 1941 | 2,470 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 1940 | 2,135 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1939 | 2,077 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,012 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1937 | 1,953 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1936 | 1,981 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1935 | 1,995 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 1,990 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1933 | 1,862 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1932 | 2,045 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1931 | 2,185 | #109 | 2.1 |
| 1930 | 2,540 | #99 | 2.3 |
| 1929 | 2,532 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1928 | 2,565 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 2,592 | #107 | 2.2 |
| 1926 | 2,352 | #115 | 2.0 |
| 1925 | 2,360 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1924 | 2,291 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 1923 | 2,000 | #133 | 1.7 |
| 1922 | 1,929 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1921 | 2,028 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1920 | 1,935 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1919 | 1,678 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 1918 | 1,544 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1917 | 1,441 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,261 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1915 | 1,286 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1914 | 1,117 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1913 | 909 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1912 | 828 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1911 | 646 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1910 | 621 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1909 | 544 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1908 | 480 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 490 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1906 | 388 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1905 | 430 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1904 | 393 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1903 | 379 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 331 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1901 | 350 | #141 | 1.5 |
| 1900 | 389 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1899 | 266 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1898 | 329 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1897 | 304 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 1896 | 312 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1895 | 295 | #153 | 1.3 |
| 1894 | 309 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1893 | 255 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1892 | 301 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1891 | 248 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1890 | 247 | #142 | 1.3 |
| 1889 | 238 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1888 | 239 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1887 | 203 | #133 | 1.4 |
| 1886 | 180 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 1885 | 175 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1884 | 190 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1883 | 141 | #139 | 1.3 |
| 1882 | 121 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1881 | 120 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1880 | 125 | #131 | 1.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Maria a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Maria has been given almost only to girls: 4,278 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Maria: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Maria, and how old are they?
463,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 570,389 Americans ever recorded as Maria. The median Maria alive today is 46 years old; half are between 28 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 1,652,966 people named Maria (1,649,077 women and girls, 3,889 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 467,249 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.5 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 13,500 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 100,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 120,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 106,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 87,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Maria born?
The states with the most babies named Maria are Texas, California and New York, with 54% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 136,205 | #52 | 3.3× |
| California | 106,781 | #74 | 1.8× |
| New York | 58,810 | #121 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 24,935 | #113 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 20,074 | #93 | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 17,959 | #118 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 17,165 | #75 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 15,114 | #56 | 2.0× |
| Ohio | 13,573 | #109 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 11,999 | #108 | 0.5× |
Where Maria is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Maria is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Maria with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 5,478,822 babies since 1880, Maria is the second most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,893 of their 7,137 babies (41%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Maria
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Maria and names like it
- Compare Maria and MaryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sMaria peaked in 1964.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Maria since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Maria: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Maria.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Maria alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.