Maria Name Popularity

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How popular is Maria?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Maria, ranked the 116th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Maria has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #31 for the first time in 1973 and as recently as 1975.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1964 with 10,142 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Maria in any given year was 120 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1906-1920, 1921-1925, 1940-1947, 1950-1954, 1958-1964, and 1987-1990, the name Maria took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1930-1933, and 2009-2013.

Maria's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Maria has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Maria?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Maria is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Maria (Girl)		Maria (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,595	116	< 5	--
2017		2,707	111	5	13,492
2016		2,803	113	7	10,329
2015		2,825	109	6	11,582
2014		2,769	114	6	11,611
2013		2,816	111	5	13,327
2012		3,031	101	6	11,719
2011		3,217	92	7	10,343
2010		3,416	86	13	6,586
2009		4,136	70	14	6,299
2008		4,585	63	13	6,630
2007		5,124	53	14	6,144
2006		5,599	46	13	6,334
2005		5,595	46	26	3,678
2004		5,753	42	29	3,333
2003		6,089	42	19	4,369
2002		6,382	40	25	3,521
2001		6,840	41	15	5,052
2000		6,854	41	16	4,713
1999		7,030	39	30	2,839
1998		6,817	43	24	3,259
1997		7,311	38	37	2,291
1996		7,594	37	35	2,320
1995		6,999	44	47	1,855
1994		6,751	47	41	2,031
1993		6,972	45	65	1,454
1992		7,084	45	59	1,519
1991		7,132	45	93	1,140
1990		7,182	47	103	1,045
1989		6,335	56	111	972
1988		5,707	60	100	965
1987		5,672	53	97	958
1986		6,132	49	96	935
1985		6,009	52	94	941
1984		6,126	50	86	955
1983		6,846	43	72	1,044
1982		7,342	42	116	825
1981		7,674	40	92	938
1980		7,863	36	74	1,053
1979		7,329	37	86	956
1978		7,012	36	65	1,085
1977		7,088	36	57	1,167
1976		7,347	34	59	1,108
1975		7,524	31	78	928
1974		7,792	31	60	1,071
1973		7,653	31	64	1,010
1972		7,703	32	59	1,055
1971		8,119	37	54	1,120
1970		8,677	39	62	1,038
1969		8,385	40	67	938
1968		8,379	41	45	1,126
1967		8,868	42	55	983
1966		9,118	44	55	987
1965		9,473	46	43	1,151
1964		10,142	41	49	1,090
1963		9,831	43	35	1,334
1962		9,089	49	41	1,223
1961		7,937	57	38	1,294
1960		7,528	59	41	1,231
1959		7,244	62	50	1,096
1958		6,894	65	32	1,385
1957		6,774	71	42	1,213
1956		6,732	73	25	1,591
1955		6,206	69	43	1,147
1954		6,587	65	36	1,260
1953		5,989	68	40	1,180
1952		5,694	72	31	1,366
1951		5,233	75	26	1,477
1950		5,077	73	25	1,486
1949		5,121	72	44	1,068
1948		4,814	75	36	1,210
1947		4,710	79	29	1,386
1946		3,962	88	26	1,400
1945		3,311	86	29	1,238
1944		3,363	80	17	1,713
1943		2,864	103	25	1,422
1942		2,817	97	35	1,184
1941		2,468	102	30	1,225
1940		2,135	119	34	1,149
1939		2,077	119	39	1,026
1938		2,011	122	35	1,103
1937		1,953	121	25	1,361
1936		1,980	120	29	1,238
1935		1,992	117	42	986
1934		1,992	115	25	1,375
1933		1,861	123	30	1,220
1932		2,042	120	31	1,227
1931		2,186	109	37	1,123
1930		2,541	99	55	905
1929		2,538	100	42	1,069
1928		2,561	105	38	1,160
1927		2,593	107	50	996
1926		2,350	115	26	1,451
1925		2,360	115	33	1,273
1924		2,292	119	25	1,555
1923		1,999	133	21	1,734
1922		1,929	132	25	1,531
1921		2,028	129	29	1,406
1920		1,935	130	22	1,673
1919		1,678	138	20	1,736
1918		1,544	147	7	3,586
1917		1,441	146	10	2,656
1916		1,261	159	15	2,014
1915		1,286	146	16	1,850
1914		1,117	135	8	2,568
1913		909	133	9	2,036
1912		828	133	7	2,171
1911		646	129	7	1,484
1910		621	132	< 5	--
1909		544	130	< 5	--
1908		480	142	< 5	--
1907		490	136	< 5	--
1906		388	154	< 5	--
1905		430	139	< 5	--
1904		393	144	< 5	--
1903		379	144	< 5	--
1902		331	156	< 5	--
1901		350	141	< 5	--
1900		389	150	< 5	--
1899		266	168	< 5	--
1898		329	155	< 5	--
1897		304	152	< 5	--
1896		312	151	< 5	--
1895		295	153	< 5	--
1894		309	139	< 5	--
1893		255	156	< 5	--
1892		301	135	< 5	--
1891		248	143	< 5	--
1890		247	142	< 5	--
1889		238	143	< 5	--
1888		239	138	< 5	--
1887		203	133	< 5	--
1886		180	142	< 5	--
1885		175	138	< 5	--
1884		190	129	< 5	--
1883		141	139	< 5	--
1882		121	147	< 5	--
1881		120	132	< 5	--
1880		125	131	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.