How Many People Are Named Maris?
people named Maris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 138,374 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,903 babies named Maris in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Maris, 94% were girls and 6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 92.6% of the babies were girls then and 96.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Maris alive today is about 31 years old, and 60% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Maris first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2020, to 68 babies. In 2025, 48 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Maris has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,172, in 1939. In 2025 it ranked #3,280.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,280 |
| Best rank | #1,172 (1939) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,165 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Maris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Maris were born in New York than in any other state: about 99 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maris was given 5.1 times as often in New York and 1.7 times in Texas.
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