Maria
For 2025 the count puts Maria at #87 nationwide, sitting where it has sat for years. First recorded 1880, best year 1964, 566,111 bearers across the whole run.
Maria’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Maria, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Maria since 1880
Maria peaked in 1964 at #41; #87 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Maria is most common
Among the states, Maria takes its largest share in District of Columbia, 0.59% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with North Dakota and New Mexico next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Maria
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Michael
#21 in 2025 · Hebrew
Vincent
#107 in 2025 · Latin
Melanie
#142 in 2025 · Greek
Jason
#165 in 2025
Peter
#187 in 2025 · Greek
Alan
#191 in 2025 · Latin
David
#35 in 2025 · Hebrew
Kevin
#221 in 2025 · Celtic
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About Maria
Where does Maria rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Maria at #87 nationwide, sitting where it has sat for years. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What does Maria mean?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Maria, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Maria?
Nearest by the published recipe: Michael, Vincent and Melanie. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Maria’s free Name Kit
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