Maria
Girl nameMaria has been given to 570,389 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1964 and currently ranks #87 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /məˈɹiːə/
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
570,389
Peak year
1964 (10,197 babies)
Rank in 2025
#87 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +2%
Gender split
99% girls / 1% boys
Famous people named Maria
Marie Curie
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)
Halle Berry
American actress (born 1966)
Corazon Aquino
President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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