Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Maria

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Maria
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

10,147

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

69.4%

2024

3,105

All-time

563,139

Maria has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1964, when 10,147 girls were named Maria.

In 2024, only 3,105 girls were given the name.

Down 69.4% from its peak.

All told, about 563,139 Americans have been named Maria and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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