Mari
Mari was the 1620th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 464th; the most babies were born in 1957 (412). Over the last ten years it has moved up 565 places. More babies were named Mari in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,620 girls, up 377 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 129girls
- Girls and boys
- 94% girls, 6% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1957412 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,645babies recorded
Mari popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,620 | #11,510 | 129 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,997 | — | 94 | — |
| 2010 | #1,684 | — | 126 | — |
| 2000 | #1,309 | — | 146 | — |
| 1990 | #937 | — | 203 | — |
| 1980 | #874 | — | 176 | — |
| 1970 | #695 | — | 226 | — |
| 1960 | #524 | — | 341 | — |
| 1950 | #552 | — | 226 | — |
| 1940 | #1,163 | — | 40 | — |
| 1930 | #1,689 | — | 23 | — |
| 1920 | #1,866 | — | 22 | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Mari, counting every spelling?
Mari has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,464 for girls in 2025, against #1,620 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Mari?
129 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mari (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mari born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 65 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mari.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mari?
About 14,300 people born in the US named Mari are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 28 and 65. That makes Mari mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mari by state
How common Mari was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Minnesota (2.4×), Washington (2.1×), California (1.7×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mari: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mari, they share its era and feel.
Mari is also a nickname for Mariana, Marisol, Marianna and Maribel.
Questions about the name Mari
How popular is the name Mari?
Mari was the 1620th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 129 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 464th; the most babies were born in 1957 (412). Over the last ten years it has moved up 565 places. More babies were named Mari in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Mari a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 94% girls, 6% boys given the name Mari in the US.
Where is Mari most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mari was most common in Minnesota (0.21 per 1,000 girls), followed by Washington and Wisconsin.