The first name Marija

Marija last appeared in the official list in 2024, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 2013, with 12 births (#2,176).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Marija with other names.

In 2024, 5 girls born in the United States were named Marija, the 16,819th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2008, when 21 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Marija Šestić
  Bosnian singer, born 1987
• Marija Jurić Zagorka
  Croatian journalist, novelist, dramatist (1873–1957)
• Marija Petković
  Croatian Catholic nun, founder of the Catholic Congregation of the Daughters of Mercy (189
• Marija Ujević-Galetović
  Croatian sculptor (1933–2023)
• Marija Bursać
  First woman proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia (1921–1943)
• Marija Kohn
  Croatian actress (1934-2018)
• Marija Vučković
  Croatian politician, born 1974
• Marija Vrsaljko
  Croatian basketball player (born 1989)
• Marija Manolowa
  Bulgarian biathlete, born 1963
• Marija Vrajić
  Croatian female distance runner, born 1976
• Maria Vierdag
  Dutch swimmer (1905-2005)
• Ignjat Đurđević
  Croatian Benedictine poet, historian, and theologian (1675-1737)

How popular is the name Marija?

In 2024, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Marija, ranking 5,891st. Its peak was 2013, with 12 births.

Is Marija a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 519 US babies named Marija since 1880 were girls.

When was Marija most popular?

2008 in the United States, when 21 babies were named Marija, its highest rank at 6,488th.