Maria — #74 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maria

The Social Security Administration has registered 563,139 babies named Maria between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maria currently holds the #74 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 10,147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maria performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 88,843 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Maria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 134,384 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Maria in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maria 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 563,139 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.