Marya Girl
How popular is Marya?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Marya in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
1,961living people named Marya (est.)
44median age of people named Marya
2,211babies named Marya since 1880
1 in 207,209US babies born in 2025
Marya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▼ 198 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,719 in 2015, #7,964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (49 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,655 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maria family of names ranked #88 for girls in 2025 (#76 the year before), with 3,609 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Marya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 44 | #2,632 |
| 1920s | 26 | #3,163 |
| 1930s | 47 | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 108 | #2,400 |
| 1950s | 179 | #2,155 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,655 |
| 1970s | 388 | #1,805 |
| 1980s | 255 | #2,800 |
| 1990s | 273 | #3,413 |
| 2000s | 259 | #4,074 |
| 2010s | 198 | #5,161 |
| 2020s | 84 | #6,639 |
Girl names about as popular as Marya
Questions
- Is Marya a boy or girl name?
- Marya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marya were girls.
- How popular is the name Marya?
- 16 baby girls were named Marya in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Marya most popular?
- Marya peaked in 1971, when 49 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,655 in 1965.
- How many people are named Marya?
- 2,211 babies have been named Marya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,961 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.