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Maria
Pronounced /məˈɹiːə/
Rank in 2024
#74
Born in 2024
3,105
Peak year
1964 · #41
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:8 in 2024 (#9,290)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,105 girls were named Maria, about 1 in every 520.
- It peaked in 1964 with 10,147 babies, ranked #41.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 563,139 girls have been named Maria since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Maria per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.6Greatest1901–27
- 2.1Silent1928–45
- 3.5Boomers1946–64
- 5.0Gen X1965–80
- 3.8Millennials1981–96
- 3.0Gen Z1997–12
- 1.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 32,603 babies, 1.59 per 1,000. Silent: 42,694 babies, 2.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 125,633 babies, 3.51 per 1,000. Gen X: 128,500 babies, 5.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 107,640 babies, 3.81 per 1,000. Gen Z: 87,837 babies, 3.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 33,245 babies, 1.64 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Latin Maria, borrowed from Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā), borrowed from Aramaic מרים, borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm). Doublet of Mary, Marie, and Miriam. ==== Pronunciation ==== (usually) IPA(key): /məˈɹiːə/ (also especially the variant "Mariah") IPA(key): /məˈɹaɪə/ Rhymes: -iːə, -aɪə ==== Proper noun ==== Maria A female given name from Hebrew.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /məˈɹiːə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Maria, CC BY-SA 4.0.