Girls' name · since 1909
Marya
Marya has 2,211 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,864 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,211
- born since 1909
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marya currently ranks #6864 among girls' names in America, with 2,211 babies recorded since 1909.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marya has been recorded 2,211 times among girls since 1909, currently ranked #6864 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #4,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,864 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,211 born since 1909
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marya ranks #4,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,864 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,211 born since 1909, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,864 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,211
- born since 1909
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marya's 2,211 recorded births place it above 93.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marya compares
2,211 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,211 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marya's full recorded timeline at 1974, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1909, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1971 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Marya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (388 births, 18% of the file).
1970s was Marya's strongest decade.
388 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Marya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 44
1910s
44 births
- 1920s 26
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 47
1930s
47 births
- 1940s 108
1940s
108 births
- 1950s
1950s
179 births
- 1960s
1960s
345 births
- 1970s
1970s
388 births
- 1980s
1980s
255 births
- 1990s
1990s
273 births
- 2000s
2000s
259 births
- 2010s
2010s
198 births
- 2020s 84
2020s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 388 births (18% of all-time use).
How Marya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marya's total volume
Marya by state
Where Marya concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 142 | 6.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.2% |
142 of 2,211 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Marya's data
- Marya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (388 total births); usage has since declined to 84 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maryas (142 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~116 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.