NameTides

Maria

Maria was the #87 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,887 babies), and #88 in England & Wales and #62 in Canada.

Maria as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Maria as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Maria as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#87 (2,887)#88 (522)#129 (35)#94 (22)#74 (68)#62 (388)—
2024#74 (3,122)#91 (506)#120 (37)#97 (21)#73 (72)#73 (333)—
2023#82 (2,907)#78 (601)#123 (34)#159 (12)#73 (75)#69 (347)—
2022#91 (2,849)#75 (646)#124 (34)#93 (23)#54 (98)#80 (304)—
2021#105 (2,604)#75 (682)#114 (39)#131 (18)#75 (80)#79 (337)—
2020#109 (2,493)#70 (744)#109 (40)#84 (25)#69 (78)#62 (398)—
2019#106 (2,717)#69 (785)#100 (44)#89 (24)#63 (93)#70 (381)—
2018#115 (2,621)#66 (799)#78 (56)#75 (32)#61 (100)#60 (427)—
2017#111 (2,717)#71 (827)#68 (64)#72 (32)#55 (112)#57 (439)—
2016#113 (2,812)#69 (853)#92 (53)#82 (31)#55 (109)#53 (485)—
2015#109 (2,833)#73 (768)#93 (52)#79 (32)#54 (119)#54 (477)—
2014#114 (2,777)#73 (707)#101 (46)#81 (29)#69 (103)#55 (452)—
2013#111 (2,821)#83 (657)#88 (56)#95 (26)#63 (113)#56 (439)—
2012#101 (3,034)#94 (609)#92 (54)#109 (22)#70 (100)#53 (453)—
2011#92 (3,221)#93 (628)#97 (46)#93 (27)#54 (134)#52 (455)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1966 at #44.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 560 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 560common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 490common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 510common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 330common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 310common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 390common

Next year

On its recent trend, Maria is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 510 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 460 to 1 in 560.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maria by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #127WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #91WAIdaho: #175IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #91NDMinnesota: #119MNIllinois: #111ILMichigan: #107MINew York: #121NYMassachusetts: #87MAOregon: #115ORNevada: #178NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #173IAIndiana: #114INOhio: #108OHPennsylvania: #93PANew Jersey: #114NJConnecticut: #84CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #74CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #81CONebraska: #72NEMissouri: #139MOKentucky: #146KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #97VAMaryland: #82MDDelaware: #98DEArizona: #56AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #112KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #106TNNorth Carolina: #114NCSouth Carolina: #97SCDistrict of Columbia: #51DCOklahoma: #110OKLouisiana: #125LAMississippi: #133MSAlabama: #65ALGeorgia: #121GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #50TXFlorida: #74FL
Maria (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#61148
Quebec2025#7970

Maria (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MariaCanadaGirls#62388
MariaEngland & WalesGirls#88522
MariaIrelandGirls#7468
MariaNorthern IrelandGirls#9422
MariaNSWGirls—too few
MariaScotlandGirls#12935
MariaUSGirls#872,887
MariaUSBoys#10,6956