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Maria
Pronounced /məˈɹiːə/
Rank in 2024
#9,290
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1982 · #824
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:3,105 in 2024 (#74)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 boys were named Maria, about 1 in every 214,414.
- It peaked in 1982 with 116 babies, ranked #824.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 4,272 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 330 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 598 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 691 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 984 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,304 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 301 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 64 babies, 0.00 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.