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How popular is the name Maria?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marias are alive today.
Maria (female) is currently the 91st most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 506 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1964, when around 2,000 babies were given the name, the 30th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 121 in 1997 before climbing back to the 91st place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 25,000 babies have been named Maria in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Maria include Mia, Ria and Mimi.
The Maria you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Marias born in England and Wales are between 30 and 68, and there are at least 67,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Maria.
How many babies are named Maria each year?
Where does Maria rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Maria most popular?
Maria peaked in 1964, when around 2,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Maria?
At least 67,000 people named Maria born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Maria?
Most living Marias are between 30 and 68; the most common age is about 62.
Is Maria becoming more or less popular?
Recovering: it has climbed back after a dip in the rankings.