Mariska — #9087 US girls' name
1,010 babies named Mariska in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Mariska was born in this single decade.
107 babies were named Mariska in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mariska
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,010 babies named Mariska between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariska currently holds the #9087 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 107 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariska performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 474 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mariska shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mariska in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mariska 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 1,010 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.
Mariska at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mariska popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (2007)
- 107
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #9087 among girls.
1,010 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 107 births in a single year.
Mariska by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 474 births that decade — 47% of Mariska's all-time total
Mariska decade highlights
- Peak decade 474 births
- Runner-up 387 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mariska's strongest decade
474 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Mariska by state
Where Mariska concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 61 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 27 | 2.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 26 | 2.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 21 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 17 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | California | | 7 | 0.7% |
61 of 1,010 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mariska appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.