# Maria name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/maria
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Maria ranked #87 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #91.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #87
- Birth count: 2,887
- Rate per 10,000: 17.96

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Maria
- Rank: #91
- Birth count: 2,925
- Rate per 10,000: 18.20
- Official count multiplier: 1.01x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.02
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.09
- Expected per school of 300: 0.26
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 8.4%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1966
- Best rank year: 1975
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 33.7%

## Spelling components
- Maria: 2,887 births
- Mariya: 38 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology