first name
MARI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 21,045 people named Mari, 48.6% reported their origin as White, 29.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mari peaked in 1957, when 412 babies got the name.
At least 16,645 babies have been given the name since 1897. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mari by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #915. The largest share of babies named Mari, 32.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mari is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mari has been most common in Hawaii (6.5×), Washington (2.5×), and Minnesota (2.5×), and least common in Tennessee (0.15×).
11,124 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mari
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mari, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mari ranks #16,520 of 156,621, with 1,688 people. See Mari as a last name
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