girl's name

Mariya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,562

France

#483

2025 births

Mariya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 142 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 87,252 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Mariya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mariya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 71
1980s 150
1990s 478
2000s 893
2010s 813
2020s (to 2025) 234

How popular is Mariya?

In 2025, Mariya was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Mariya is used

France #483 100 in 2025
Scotland #838 3 in 2019
England & Wales #1,339 24 in 2025
Canada #1,653 14 in 2024
United States #3,854 38 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 Mariya

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

Parents who like Mariya also like

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

Sibling names for Mariya

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

Common questions about Mariya

How popular is the name Mariya?

In 2025, Mariya was given to 38 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Mariya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mariya most popular?

Mariya peaked in 2009, when 142 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Mariya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mariya currently ranks #483 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.