girls:
16.3k births since 1897
#1172 (80th percentile)
boys:
51 births since 2005
#4535 (1st percentile)
overall:
16.4k births since 1897
#2023 (74th percentile)
The name Mari is the #2,023 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,354 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 73.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,172 (79.5% percentile) for all time with 16,303 births since 1897. For boys, it ranks #4,535 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 2005.
Mari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for girls and 2005 for boys). Birth data for Mari is available in 113 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (113 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mari has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.2% of babies named Mari were girls.
For girls, Mari reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 43.0% percentile (ranked #438) with 196 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 196 births per million (ranked 43.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mari ranks #799 for girls (15.6% percentile) with 87 births per million, which is 44.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #903 (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mari".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mari", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 8 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Marie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Marie..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.9% confident that Mari is pronounced as MAH-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree, at 10.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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