Maria is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. Its exact meaning is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 3,105 girls in the United States.
Maria belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Maria first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #30 in 1975, and in 2024 3,105 babies received the name — 563,139 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Maria is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Hebrew and Biblical origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Maria is a girl name. In 2024, 3,105 babies received the name in the US.
Maria comes from the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition.
Maria first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #30 in 1975, and 3,105 babies were given the name in 2024.
Maria is pronounced /məˈɹiːə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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