Marya

Marya was the #6,838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Marya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Marya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,838 (16)#2,605 (10)#3,044 (6)
2024#6,642 (17)#3,696 (6)—
2023#7,640 (14)#2,201 (12)#2,604 (7)
2022#9,680 (10)#2,889 (8)#2,553 (7)
2021#7,630 (14)#3,519 (6)#2,893 (6)
2020#7,969 (13)#2,615 (9)#3,251 (5)
2019#8,597 (12)#3,151 (7)#1,798 (12)
2018#6,521 (18)#3,518 (6)—
2017#6,044 (20)#2,706 (9)#1,784 (12)
2016#5,985 (21)#3,609 (6)#2,892 (6)
2015#6,721 (18)#3,252 (7)#2,363 (8)
2014#5,163 (26)#3,160 (7)#1,455 (16)
2013#6,729 (18)#4,739 (4)#1,364 (17)
2012#5,895 (22)#3,285 (7)#1,617 (14)
2011#5,358 (25)#2,893 (8)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #1,913.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1909.

How common is it?

about 1 in 100,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 100,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marya is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 93,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 62,000 to 1 in 140,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaryaCanadaGirls#3,0446
MaryaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
MaryaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaryaUSGirls#6,83816