How common is the name Maria?

1,652,966 people in the United States have the first name Maria, about 1 in 183. It ranks #8 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARIA

#8

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
1,652,966
About
1 in 183
This common or more
6.9%
Who bears it

Of the 1,652,966 people named Maria, 81.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% as White and 2.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maria peaked in 1964, when 10,197 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
10,197
In 2025*
2,893 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 570,389 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Maria by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #82. The largest share of babies named Maria, 22.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#2251,732
1890s#2172,866
1900s#2094,174
1910s#24511,430
1920s#20722,895
1930s#21420,988
1940s#17135,876
1950s#12862,808
1960s#9089,321
1970s#8277,018
1980s#10466,714
1990s#9871,444
2000s#12157,191
2010s#24129,037
2020s#23216,895
Before 19010.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.8%
Silent Generation 1928–457.6%
Baby boom 1946–6422.1%
Generation X 1965–8022.7%
Millennials 1981–9619.1%
Generation Z 1997–1215.5%
2013 and later6.4%

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 Maria is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maria has been most common in Texas (3.2×), New Mexico (2.9×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.22×).

557,935 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 Maria

#6 William · 2,240,114#7 Mary · 1,768,343#9 Daniel · 1,607,193#10 Joseph · 1,600,667

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maria, most common first.

#204 Marie · 264,225#261 Mario · 213,074#587 Mariah · 90,630#1,402 Mara · 24,761#1,551 Mari · 21,045#2,895 Mariya · 7,885#4,986 Marwa · 3,562#5,585 Marya · 3,041

Also a last name

As a last name, Maria ranks #6,838 of 156,621, with 4,733 people. See Maria as a last name

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