How Many People Are Named Marya?
people named Marya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 175,634 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,211 babies named Marya in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Russian variant form of MARIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marya alive today is about 41 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marya first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1971, to 49 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,663, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #7,021.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,021 |
| Best rank | #1,663 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,205 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marya were born in California than in any other state: about 131 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marya was given about 6 times as often in California.
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