Mariana
Mariana was given to 1,192 girls in 2025, #261 among girls’ names; 45,972 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 44,100 Americans named Mariana and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 10 and 26.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mariana by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mariana mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mariana is “a female given name from Latin [in turn from Aramaic] or from Hebrew; variant forms Marian, Maryana.”
Latinized form of Marian, ultimately from Mary or Mary + Ann. It is also the feminine form of Latin Mariānus, derivative of Marius, but these rather rare Roman names have been completely intertwined with Maria in the Christian era.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mariana?
#261 among girls’ names, 2025
Mariana rose from #297 in 2015 to #261 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.61 to 0.74 per 1,000.
2,069 babies in 2005, the peak
Mariana peaked in 2005, when 2,069 babies were given it (2,062 girls, #165 among girls’ names). The 1,192 births of 2025 are 58% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,192 | #261 | 0.74 |
| 2024 | 1,301 | #243 | 0.80 |
| 2023 | 1,252 | #245 | 0.78 |
| 2022 | 1,257 | #243 | 0.77 |
| 2021 | 1,229 | #251 | 0.75 |
| 2020 | 1,140 | #273 | 0.71 |
| 2019 | 1,249 | #266 | 0.74 |
| 2018 | 1,157 | #286 | 0.68 |
| 2017 | 1,090 | #300 | 0.63 |
| 2016 | 1,118 | #292 | 0.63 |
Every recorded year (133)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,091 | #297 | 0.61 |
| 2014 | 1,012 | #332 | 0.57 |
| 2013 | 953 | #339 | 0.54 |
| 2012 | 1,027 | #315 | 0.58 |
| 2011 | 1,062 | #298 | 0.60 |
| 2010 | 1,254 | #261 | 0.71 |
| 2009 | 1,482 | #219 | 0.81 |
| 2008 | 1,682 | #198 | 0.89 |
| 2007 | 1,975 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 1,992 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 2005 | 2,062 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 1,991 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 1,297 | #253 | 0.71 |
| 2002 | 1,240 | #256 | 0.69 |
| 2001 | 1,164 | #270 | 0.65 |
| 2000 | 945 | #331 | 0.52 |
| 1999 | 898 | #338 | 0.51 |
| 1998 | 865 | #340 | 0.49 |
| 1997 | 652 | #403 | 0.37 |
| 1996 | 623 | #414 | 0.36 |
| 1995 | 619 | #417 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 575 | #438 | 0.32 |
| 1993 | 506 | #495 | 0.28 |
| 1992 | 439 | #537 | 0.24 |
| 1991 | 470 | #504 | 0.25 |
| 1990 | 474 | #507 | 0.25 |
| 1989 | 355 | #604 | 0.19 |
| 1988 | 275 | #699 | 0.15 |
| 1987 | 221 | #795 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 193 | #859 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 212 | #792 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 198 | #803 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 200 | #792 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 177 | #873 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 218 | #758 | 0.13 |
| 1980 | 242 | #704 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 137 | #1,027 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 126 | #1,061 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 126 | #1,049 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,163 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 122 | #1,003 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 83 | #1,295 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,309 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 94 | #1,158 | 0.06 |
| 1971 | 86 | #1,284 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,414 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,553 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 56 | #1,529 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,803 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,660 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,662 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,552 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,500 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,606 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,779 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,049 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,781 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 29 | #2,004 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,640 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,003 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,908 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,808 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,437 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,176 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,482 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,117 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,346 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 55 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 52 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,289 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 23 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,104 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,247 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,082 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,401 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,397 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,347 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,861 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,521 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,530 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,455 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mariana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mariana has been given almost only to girls: 85 boys in 133 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mariana: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mariana, and how old are they?
44,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 45,972 Americans ever recorded as Mariana. The median Mariana alive today is 19 years old; half are between 10 and 26.
The 2020 Census counted 56,200 people named Mariana (56,033 women and girls, 167 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 37,370 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 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 | 168 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 528 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,430 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,650 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 21,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,000 |
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 Mariana born?
The states with the most babies named Mariana are Texas, California and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 211 | #151 | 1.9× |
| California | 184 | #176 | 1.8× |
| Florida | 81 | #234 | 1.2× |
| Arizona | 60 | #103 | 1.7× |
| New York | 43 | #410 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 38 | #265 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 35 | #316 | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 33 | #248 | 0.8× |
| Colorado | 33 | #182 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | #345 | 0.3× |
Where Mariana is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mariana is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Mariana 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 177,136 babies since 1880, Mariana is the second most given (26% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,192 of their 2,138 babies (56%), 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 Mariana
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 Mariana and names like it
- Compare Mariana and MarianneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sMariana peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mariana since 1910.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Mariana.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Mariana alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.