girl's name

Marianna

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 21,002

the United States

#874

2025 births

Marianna is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 308 babies in the United States, ranking #874. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 419 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 10,764 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1883.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Marianna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,498
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Marianna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 23
1890s 42
1900s 131
1910s 704
1920s 1,254
1930s 972
1940s 1,007
1950s 1,029
1960s 927
1970s 774
1980s 1,011
1990s 1,996
2000s 3,498
2010s 3,156
2020s (to 2025) 1,920

How popular is Marianna?

In 2025, Marianna was given to 308 babies in the United States, ranking #874 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Marianna is used

Northern Ireland #421 4 in 2016
United States #874 308 in 2025
Scotland #943 3 in 2023
Ireland #1,103 3 in 2024
Canada #1,947 12 in 2024
England & Wales #1,984 15 in 2025
France #3,252 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marianna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marianna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marianna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Marianna in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Marie-Anne Maryanna

Sibling names for Marianna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marianna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marianna

How popular is the name Marianna?

In 2025, Marianna was given to 308 babies in the United States, ranking #874 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Marianna a girl's or a boy's name?

Marianna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Marianna?

Marianna has 4 syllables.

When was Marianna most popular?

Marianna peaked in 2006, when 419 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Marianna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marianna currently ranks #874 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.