# Maria (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maria/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɹiːə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Marietta, Masha |
| Variant spellings | Maya, Mariah, Marilla |
| US babies named this | 570,389 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,278 / 566,111 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17,826, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,221 | 92 |
| 2012 | 3,034 | 101 |
| 2013 | 2,821 | 111 |
| 2014 | 2,777 | 114 |
| 2015 | 2,833 | 109 |
| 2016 | 2,812 | 113 |
| 2017 | 2,717 | 111 |
| 2018 | 2,621 | 115 |
| 2019 | 2,717 | 106 |
| 2020 | 2,493 | 109 |
| 2021 | 2,604 | 105 |
| 2022 | 2,849 | 91 |
| 2023 | 2,907 | 82 |
| 2024 | 3,122 | 74 |
| 2025 | 2,887 | 87 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 6,637 |
| 2009 | 14 | 6,307 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,589 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,355 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,739 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,351 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,630 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,599 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,348 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,545 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,428 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,873 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,595 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,547 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,511 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 628 | 93 |
| 2012 | 609 | 94 |
| 2013 | 657 | 83 |
| 2014 | 707 | 73 |
| 2015 | 768 | 73 |
| 2016 | 853 | 69 |
| 2017 | 827 | 71 |
| 2018 | 799 | 66 |
| 2019 | 785 | 69 |
| 2020 | 744 | 70 |
| 2021 | 682 | 75 |
| 2022 | 646 | 75 |
| 2023 | 601 | 78 |
| 2024 | 506 | 91 |
| 2025 | 522 | 88 |

## People named Maria

- Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
- Erich Maria Remarque, German-born novelist (1898–1970)
- Maria Göppert Mayer, German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)
- Maria Meneghini Callas, American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)
- Maria Ressa, Filipino journalist
- Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, p
- Maria Mitchell, American astronomer
- Maria Schneider, French actress (1952-2011)
- Maria Bello, American actress
- Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland (1942-2010)
- Maria Bakalova, Bulgarian actress
- Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.