How rare is the name Maris?

3,649 people in the United States have the first name Maris, about 1 in 82,771. It ranks #4,903 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARIS

#4,903

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,649
About
1 in 82,771
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,649 people named Maris, 62.1% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maris peaked in 2020, when 68 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
68
In 2025*
48 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,903 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Maris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,924. The largest share of babies named Maris, 26.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,79235
1920s#6,57968
1930s#3,527162
1940s#2,924259
1950s#3,978197
1960s#4,338203
1970s#7,822110
1980s#6,559191
1990s#5,216373
2000s#5,563472
2010s#5,433531
2020s#5,611302
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.2%
Baby boom 1946–6414.9%
Generation X 1965–806.8%
Millennials 1981–9613.7%
Generation Z 1997–1226.5%
2013 and later23.6%

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.

Exactly as common as Maris

1 other first name also has 3,649 people.

#4,903 Mica · 3,649

Either side of Maris

#4,900 Devorah · 3,651#4,902 Addy · 3,650#4,903 Mica · 3,649#4,905 Herminio · 3,644

Spelled almost the same

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

#921 Marisa · 48,703#4,851 Marius · 3,705#12,874 Mars · 952#15,506 Marise · 741#25,229 Marios · 377#29,770 Marik · 296#38,175 Marks · 202#41,276 Mariz · 178

Also a last name

As a last name, Maris ranks #15,910 of 156,621, with 1,762 people. See Maris as a last name

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