# Mariya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mariya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,639 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,639 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,190, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 90 | 2,137 |
| 2012 | 93 | 2,073 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,027 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,947 |
| 2015 | 100 | 1,994 |
| 2016 | 75 | 2,457 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,708 |
| 2018 | 50 | 3,231 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,978 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,234 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3,470 |
| 2022 | 43 | 3,635 |
| 2023 | 47 | 3,409 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,850 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,879 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 804 |
| 2012 | 52 | 758 |
| 2013 | 46 | 825 |
| 2014 | 44 | 859 |
| 2015 | 42 | 871 |
| 2016 | 43 | 861 |
| 2017 | 44 | 870 |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 34 | 992 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

## People named Mariya

- Mariya Pinigina, athletics competitor
- Mariya Ulitina, badminton player
- Mariya Germanova, actor (1884–1940)
- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
- Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853–1920); sixth child and second daughter of A
- Maria Vorontsova, daughter and eldest child of Vladimir Putin
- Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, eldest child of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Melita of 
- Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, (1825-1846)
- Anna Maria of Hungary, daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania (1204–1237)
- Maria Kursova, Armenian chess player
- Maria Rasputin, Daughter of Grigori Rasputin; memoirist, circus performer (1898–1977)
- Maria Petrova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

## 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.